Word: limiters
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Talk about double messages. Two federal courts have come out with decisions that could 1) limit and 2) increase the number of toxic chemicals to which Americans are exposed. The first concerns four pesticides -- used on crops including tomatoes, fruits and grains -- that cause cancer in laboratory animals. When these crops are processed into jellies, say, or catsup, the pesticides become more concentrated than they are in the field. Even then, the Environmental Protection Agency says, the risk of cancer is 1 in a million at most, and the chemicals should stay on the market...
...People are calling me from all over the country; there's a lot of disenchantment," says Jack Gargan, an early Perot backer from Florida who has begun to feel shut out. "They're trying to put a saddle on him." Gargan, a term-limit proponent and founder of THRO (Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out!), invited Perot to give the keynote speech next week at a Texas convention advocating the defeat of congressional incumbents. Rollins and others in the campaign reportedly advised Perot against attending the convocation, lest he alienate influential senior members of Congress who will survive the November election...
...million raised by the campaign so far ($3.2 million of it from Perot's pocket) has been spent on establishing this structure. Under orders from Dallas, volunteers seeking donations and handing out campaign buttons are strictly prohibited from accepting anything larger than $5, Perot's stated limit for personal contributions. There is a fear that a "supporter" who hands over a $10 bill and says "Keep the change" just might be a reporter or opposition mole trying to test whether the cap is truly being heeded...
...desk in Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court chambers sits a framed sign that reads: "There's no limit to what you can do or where you can go if you don't mind who gets the credit." There is some irony in that. From the moment Thomas was nominated last July through his dramatic confirmation hearings, critics attributed his meteoric rise to affirmative action, tokenism or the narrow political calculations of George Bush. But now that the term is finished, Thomas alone can claim credit for one of the more obstreperous first-year performances on the Supreme Court in recent memory...
...corny and parental as it sounds,DO bring an open mind. There are a million-and-one different kinds of people at Harvard, and a million-and-one different things. Don't limit yourself to your room. You'll be missing out on a lot You'll get lonesome. You'll get really, really bored...