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Also, the members of the mediation service willtry to change the false views that some havetowards different genders and races thanthemselves to lessen the chance for conflicts toarise...

Author: By Robin J. Stamm, | Title: Undergraduate MEDIATORS | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...forecasters saw little risk that Clinton's $20 billion tax increase on the wealthy would slow the recovery this year. People whose tax rates jumped from 31% to 36% or 39.6% in 1993 will be able to pay the increase in three annual installments and thus lessen the bite. The economists also said the burden of higher taxes on the economy would be far outweighed by the benefits of falling oil prices and low interest rates. "The tax increase is easily absorbable and is not going to derail the economy," said Meyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Picking Up Speed: Time's Economists See Healthier Growth in 1994 | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

...Women who take estrogen to control symptoms of menopause and reduce the risk of osteoporosis may be reaping an unexpected bonus: estrogen seems to lessen the risk of Alzheimer's or to decrease its severity in those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Nov. 22, 1993 | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...hopes the demand will lessen if he cutsback on the staff of urgent care," one sourcesaid. "If the new system makes it more difficultto use, then it will save money...

Author: By Elie G. Kaunfer, | Title: Possible Cuts Prompt UHS Doctor to Resign | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

...them. The case, says Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's coordinator of Nazi war-crimes research, has seriously challenged the testimonial value of Holocaust survivors and made it "incredibly difficult" to press for the prosecution of Nazi war criminals worldwide. He insists the Wiesenthal Center will not lessen its efforts to bring these criminals to justice. But he will not say whether the organization has made any effort to find Marchenko, the true beast, it would seem, of Treblinka. Marchenko, who was born in 1911, could well be dead. If he is still alive and free, living comfortably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ivan the Not-So-Terrible | 8/2/1993 | See Source »

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