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...campaign is hoping to mend fences is to bring back pollster CELINDA LAKE. A specialist on the women's vote and a favorite of many Democratic activists, Lake was hired with great fanfare months ago, then promptly sidelined. She is expected to be taking a larger role, working in tandem with lead pollster HARRISON HICKMAN. Gore also plans to meet with two dozen or so influential Democratic women to talk strategy and policy...
Walter Payton's heart was great and strong. It was strong in love and concern for those not as fortunate as he was. He accompanied me on several visits to a New Jersey prison, to give some of his time and wisdom to the inmates there. He extended himself to the Amer-I-Can vision of "wounded healers" reaching out to our communities. His belief in God and his fellowmen was always evident. Conscious of his humanity and the social conditions that confronted him, he manifested an unimpeachable dignity and racial integrity. Walter Payton, the human being, transcended race, gender...
...already decided what they want to learn, because at those schools students take courses in only one subject during their three-year bachelor program. "If you really know what path you want to take in life," observes Polner, now in her final year at York, "then it's a great way to do it." While Oxford student Graef Allen, 20, sometimes misses the art and music electives she might have taken at home, she appreciates Oxford's tutorial system and being able to "do a lot specialized stuff" in her field, biochemistry...
TOBACCO, THE GREAT UNEQUALIZER? Lighting up may be riskier if you're an older woman. Women over 60 who smoke are more than twice as likely to get lung cancer as same-age males. Why? Women may be more vulnerable to tobacco's carcinogens, they may inhale more of these carcinogens with each puff, or they simply may not be screened for lung cancer as vigilantly...
...trial. And last week the Washington Post reported that half a dozen heart patients have died while undergoing a different form of gene therapy. These patients were already desperately ill, however, and it's not clear that the treatments had anything to do with their death. Gene therapy shows great promise, but anyone who is considering it should know that it's still very experimental...