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...President declared himself "frustrated" by the lack of progress but stopped short of holding the summiteers in Washington during the August recess to complete the job. Now, with the threat of a recession heightened by a leap in oil prices triggered by the Persian Gulf crisis, Bush and Congress have only 20 legislative days left before the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deadline falls. If no agreement can be reached on paring the deficit to $64 billion by Oct. 1, across-the-board spending cuts -- the so-called sequester -- will go into effect, closing airports, canceling children's vaccinations and forcing federal...
...people ride roller coasters for the sheer fun of it, Woodbury believes there is also a psychological dimension to their popular appeal. Says he: "Coaster riding is a way of living through, confronting and conquering our fears. You feel a little braver and stand a bit taller when you leap off the train after it returns to the station...
...same with life in general. Contends Langton: "Artificial life will be genuine life. It will simply be made of different stuff." This is the leap of faith made by a growing number of scientists, many of whom are associated with the Sante Fe Institute, a research facility that is the center of the artificial-life movement. "They feel like they are taking the first step into taboo territory," says Steven Levy, a New York City-based author who is writing a book on artificial life. "It's almost a religion...
...Senecas want a rent increase -- to $800,000 annually. Salamanca's 6,600 residents, who own their houses but lease the land, point out that hard times have already wiped out half the town's small businesses. Many residents claim they will leave rather than see typical rents leap from $7-a-year to $4,700. Says Realtor Shirley Weast: "What they're proposing is an absolute death sentence...
...young man raised in the prosperous white suburbs of Atlanta, this emergence as the leader of the University's largest social service organization has represented no small leap in social conscience--it is a metamorphosis for which Harvard typically seeks credit, but one that is far less common than its promoters would acknowledge...