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Plastic covers hung over the pool tables, the lights were off, and a thin layer of dust covered everything in the room...
...destroying jobs, driving many small companies into bankruptcy, fueling inflation, compromising competitiveness and forcing people to buy insurance when they may not want to do so." Similarly, it warned, the plan to create health-care alliances would be attacked as a "poor people's pool" and likened to "another layer of government bureaucracy interfering with the market." The guaranteed-benefits package, the memo warned, would be dismissed as "an unaffordable Cadillac...
...earth's ozone layer is eroding despite the enviro-conscious efforts of industries and consumers to cut back on ozone-eating chemicals, the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization reports. But is the sky falling? "The worst is still six or seven years ahead of us," Rumen Bojkov, special adviser to the agency on ozone issues, told reporters. On the other hand, he said, the ozone level could recover within a half-century. The report, the work of 226 scientists around the globe, explains that international efforts to reduce the use of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, have made a dent but take...
...season -- long, flowing skirts made of rayon or rayon-cotton-blend fabric from India -- but they also may be deadly, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission. The thin material can be consumed by fire in less than three seconds. Do you own one? The skirts have a layer of sheer chiffon over a gauze underskirt with an elastic or drawstring waistband. Consumers are urged to stop wearing such garments immediately and return them to the store for a refund. Questions should be addressed to the toll-free hotline set up by the CPSC...
...says the collisions will provide an opportunity to study the winds above Jupiter's cloud tops. "The mark left by the first impact is already starting to be spread around," she observes. There are also hints of seismic waves -- ripples thatmay have traveled all the way to a dense layer of liquid hydrogen thousands of miles down and then bounced back up to the surface, creating rings half the size of the planet's visible face. These waves may offer clues to Jupiter's internal structure...