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...debate with the front-runner. Kennedy leads the polls, which give him about a third of voter support. Other voters appear to be split among the 10 remaining candidates. Melvin H. King and State Sen. George Bachrach are tied for second place, while other candidates lag behind...
...this imaginative travel, both abroad and through time, is leaving you with jet lag, check out Anth S-15, "Introduction to Archaelogical Research in the Field." Students will get hands-on digging experience in Harvard Yard...
Sometimes the laws simply lag behind the times. In 1979 the Labor Department, backed by unions, sued a Vermont skiwear maker who employed women to knit in their homes. The department charged the company with violating minimum-wage provisions. The law under which the department acted was passed in 1942 to prevent the exploitation of children and sweatshop workers in city tenements. The women in Vermont prefer working at home, where they can be with their children and do not have to travel to a factory, especially in winter over icy roads. Finally, the Labor Department rescinded...
Essex's lab is also working to develop a more sensitive AIDS screening test. The test currently in use screens the blood for antibodies to the AIDS virus. That procedure presents certain difficulties; there is a lag time "between infection and the presence of antibodies of two to three months, but the individual still has the virus," Essex says. "We need to look for earlier markers...
Western Europe will experience a slight lag as well because its manufacturers will have difficulties selling goods to struggling oil-producing countries. Even so, European countries are poised for a quick takeoff. "There should be no major downside risks for Europe, since they are not significant producers of oil," observes Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ford. Europeans, who have historically paid higher gasoline prices than have Americans, cheer the oil slide as if it were a sporting event with the home team winning. OIL REACHES PREHISTORIC PRICES, exulted Spain's financial daily Cinco Dias...