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Hagel said the only way to lessen the crisis is "by working with the other nations of the world...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hagel Emphasizes U.S. Role in World | 9/30/1998 | See Source »

...their growth. (That may help explain why consuming fruits and vegetables, which block COX-2 enzymes naturally, seems to protect against colon cancer.) Clinical trials are under way in England to see if superaspirins can prevent colon cancer. Other scientists, meanwhile, have determined that COX-2 inhibitors could conceivably lessen some of the brain damage in Alzheimer's disease...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aspirin Without Ulcers | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...border of the buttons are two slogans in the form of a web site and an e-mail address. The designers behind these phrases--http://www.040698.hk.sar and freespeech@98 hk.sar.hk--explained that they want to remind the people of Hong Kong that, if their government were ever to lessen their tolerance of such gatherings, the Internet is still available as an open forum to carry on their fight...

Author: By Dawn Lee, | Title: POSTCARD FROM HONG KONG | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...greater number of students are "coming to Harvard to enjoy higher education to its fullest extent" which appears to lessen their willingness to espouse forceful ideologies and engage in controversial activities, Epps said...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student Activism Struggles for a Foothold Among Undergrads | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...Matsch offered him a small way out -- a deal to potentially lessen the sentence if Nichols would give the feds more information about Timothy McVeigh and the plot to destroy the Alfred P. Murrah building. But Nichols would not provide any answers in the Denver courtroom. The only statements came from victims of the bombing, who once again told the court how their lives had been shattered by the bomb and called for the maximum penalty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nichols Gets Life Sentence | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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