Word: hatchings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conspiracy might never have come to light were it not for the wildly assorted cast of characters who teach and study at Pioneer Pacific College, a small vocational school outside Portland. It was here that the players converged: Eckardt, the bodyguard who allegedly helped hatch the plot; Eugene Saunders, the young born-again pastor to whom Eckardt confessed, with a frightening telltale tape; and Gary Crowe, the private detective who ultimately blew the lid off the story...
...players can customize any of the 10 tracks to their tastes. They can change the tempo (between 86 and 132 beats a minute), the mix ("natural," "spacious," "sparse" or "karaoke"), the mood ("bright," "happy," "thoughtful," "sad" or "dark"), even the form ("creative," "standard" or "conservative"). They can hatch new sounds by sampling the 933 snatches of music in the data base. Did you ever want to play the chorus of a favorite song over and over? You can do it here. At a click, you can do almost anything...
Though congressional support for the legislation is broad, it may not be deep. Senate minority leader Robert Dole, a cosignatory, has let it be known that he would vote against the bill in its present sweeping form. Even FDA critics concede that Hatch's proposal gives the industry too much freedom to make whatever health claims it likes. Moreover, it puts the entire burden of proof on the FDA, instead of on the manufacturer, where it belongs...
...compromise was in the air at congressional hearings last week, as Senators mugged for the cameras and traded contraband bottles of Happy Camper and Manhood Plus. Even Hatch was in a forgiving mood, conceding that his bill "may not adequately address the safety issue" and admitting that "the language is not drawn tightly enough to prevent false and misleading claims." ^ Insiders say congressional leaders are working on revised bills that would ensure easy access to vitamins but support strict policing of labels for fraudulent claims, giving protesters and the Hollywood crowd what they want while providing the FDA and consumers...
...with impatience and testiness. Brown provided a cursory plan in which the Clinton Administration promised to focus on providing treatment for hard-core drug users and decreasing the occurrence of drug-related violence. "You are being hamstrung by an Administration that doesn't give a damn," said Senator Orrin Hatch...