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Tacking on a series of provisions to a $13 billion highway-construction bill, the Senate voted to scrap the national 55-m.p.h. and 65-m.p.h. speed limits for passenger cars but decided to retain the limits for heavy trucks and buses. Senators agreed to leave motorcycle-helmet rules up to the states but insisted that "zero-tolerance" alcohol policies be adopted by all states for drivers under 21 and that federal seat-belt rules be retained. The bill now goes to the House...
...Halifax, Canada, for an economics summit, Chirac claimed that the rapid-reaction force would "have a serious and effective military capability" to come to the aid of Blue Helmet contingents in trouble. That sounded like a threat to both the Bosnian Serbs and the Bosnian government, but it was immediately undermined by the declarations made by peacekeeping officials on the ground in Bosnia. The senior U.N. representative, Yasushi Akashi, announced that the new force will operate under the same rules that have applied in the past and thus will undertake no actions without the consent of the Bosnian Serbs...
...helicopter's side door had been open for all of three seconds when O'Grady tumbled across its threshold. He relinquished his 9-mm Beretta pistol to the crew and pulled on Berndt's Gore-Tex parka and a crash helmet. "I'll never forget the look on his face as he was running toward our aircraft," said Berndt. "He had this pistol in his right hand -- looking like he had been in the field trying to survive for six days, and knowing we were there to pull him out." Nobody, Berndt added somewhat incredulously, "even got off our helicopter...
...arguments most commonly made against the plastic helmet is that it gets so hot inside the shield, so that you sweat a lot more. Also, peripheral vision is hurt. The gridded helmet, on the other hand, faces many complaints because of hampered visibility...
Professional goons would have a harder time punching at metal bars or plastic shields. It would be tougher on their knuckles, and the league could easily eject anyone who willingly removes his helmet for fight-night...