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Advocates for the wise use movement have come up with some pretty loopy ideas -- among them, a scientifically silly proposal to halt global warming by clear-cutting ancient forests. But one of their radical notions has been getting a friendly hearing from the courts, Congress and the Bush Administration. The idea, which could ultimately cost state and federal governments billions, is that private landowners are constitutionally entitled to compensation when a government imposes environmental restrictions on how their land may be used. Citing the clause in the Fifth Amendment that bars the government from taking private property "without just compensation...
Citing new evidence of health risks, Food and Drug Administration chief David Kessler last week declared a moratorium on silicone implants. He urged manufacturers to halt marketing the devices and surgeons to stop inserting them in women. In Spain and Australia health officials quickly followed suit; Canada, Britain and France are reviewing their policies. The decision stunned millions of women worldwide. "They are angry, frustrated and concerned," said Dr. Norman Cole, president of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. "They want to know what is going...
...hour, 150- mile drive through the scenic karst valleys of Son La province to Phu Yen district. Before the last two-hour leg of the journey, the driver warned that we would not be able to stop until we reached the hamlet of Phu Yen because even a brief halt in daylight might leave us prey to the bandits who operate in the area...
...Year in Tri-County Football"--when I was home for vacation. I got nostalgic and sad as usual. It seemed like just yesterday that I was studying for exams while watching non-stop news coverage of the beginning of the Gulf War. And what I really wanted was to halt time so that I wouldn't have to take exams again...
...flights canceled by a severe shortage of fuel and spare parts. With more than 8,000 wells standing idle, oil and gas production have dropped 10%. Life in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk, a key industrial and defense center on the Chinese border, has almost ground to a halt because of dwindling food and heating...