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...timing of the job loss threat is also somewhat bizarre, considering yesterday's attempt by UPS to break the strike deadlock with a soundbite-friendly rallying cry for company democracy: "Let our people vote." Rather than the teamsters' council of elders, said the company, the union rank-and-file should have the last say on whether the company's contract offer sinks or swims. Today's threat will have workers wondering how genuine that offer...
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: "I am horrified at this devastating bomb attack, and deeply regret the loss of life," etc., etc. "This tragic incident reinforces the urgency of a return to dialogue and negotiation...
...surprisingly, the most obvious and yet complex question is: As Hong Kong is once again part of China, what will its future really be like? After the deep pessimism and loss of confidence the mainland experienced after the Tiananmen Square's crackdown of June 1989, the people's sentiments now are characterized by a vision of energy and optimism, confirmed by opinion polls as well as by the uniquely frenetic dynamism of the recent months, when a $20.1 billion public works program was initiated. As part of this huge planning project, the world's longest suspension bridge, linking the island...
...report is not exactly an endorsement of toking to cure what ails you. But it does support further research into the medical benefits of marijuana. The panel reviewed reports that smoking weed can control nausea for some cancer patients, help prevent weight loss among AIDS patients and help relieve eye pressure in people suffering from glaucoma ? ground already covered by experts out West. Widespread legalization won't happen any time soon, but what this could mean is a ceasefire...
...purification against dozens of feminists and dissidents with the excommunication of D. Michael Quinn, a leading historian whose painstaking work documented Smith's involvement with the occult and church leaders' misrepresentation of some continued polygamy in the early 1900s. The current crackdown, some analysts believe, stems from fears of loss of control as the church becomes more international. Most think it will get worse if, as is likely, the church's hard-line No. 3 man, Boyd Packer, someday becomes President. Some wonder how the strict Mormon sense of hierarchy, along with the church's male-centered, white-dominated...