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TIMOTHY MCVEIGH A gung-ho former soldier is charged with the worst act of home-grown terrorism...
...Overweight Women Who Like To Sleep Around." Diana's coy smiles and canned answers seemed to have greater appeal than these other staged circuses, maybe because she is seen so seldom on the talk show circuit. Or maybe it's because the interview was conducted by the venerable and home-grown British Broadcasting Corporation. Or maybe it was because the monarchy, in contrast to Oprah's obscure fare, still holds some relevance in Britons' lives...
...Sabin vaccine, however, that actually eliminated polio epidemics in America. Today, of the 20 million doses of polio vaccine on the market, less than 500,000 are prepared from "killed'' viruses. In fact, there have been no home-grown cases of naturally occurring polio in the U.S. since 1979. With the chances of a major outbreak so remote, the U.S. could switch to a killed-virus vaccine. There's a catch, however. There is no way to prevent someone who is just developing the infection from arriving in the U.S. and spreading it. One in five American children is unvaccinated...
...They have to look at home-grown talent," saysOgletree, who spoke at the City Council meeting onMay 1 when the NAACP presented its demands...
...Bernardo Bertolucci and Pedro Almodovar are railing against their American colleagues' support of the GATT deal, which would remove European quotas for local movies. "There will be no European film industry by the year 2000," they claim. Could be -- if Hollywood keeps giving European moviegoers what they want and home-grown auteurs make art-house flops...