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...blowgun, use dryer lint to start a fire and cook an egg on a stick. Even survivalist stalwarts at the event were beginning to downplay fears that the Y2K computer bug will cause chaos come Jan. 1. "I don't think that the world is coming to a screeching halt," says renowned survivalist Bo Gritz. But in Paonia, Colo., Joy MacNulty, 69, isn't taking chances. Not only is she laying in food, water, a woodstove and a greenhouse at home, but she's also become her town's volunteer Y2K coordinator, assembling a $1,000 emergency pantry...
...contract agrees to pay $926 million to the United Nations over the next three years. But the dues will only be freed after Clinton yields to a Republican appeal to halt federal financing to international groups that promote abortion rights overseas...
...CTBT and the larger challenge of reducing the dangers posed by nuclear weapons are far too important to abandon. So the Administration is determined to continue fighting for the treaty. Approval of the pact means the U.S. would be joining with other nations to halt the development of more advanced nuclear arms and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands...
Americans must resist the temptation to think the strength of our armed forces means we no longer need help from others. It is simply impossible to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction unless countries work together...
...Harvard squash dynasty--men's national champions from 1994-1998 and women's champions from 1993-1997--came to a screeching halt last year, as for the first time in seven years, neither of Harvard's teams took home a national crown...