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...wonder Europe is terrified of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), better known as mad-cow disease. The illness started attacking British cattle in the mid-1980s. Then it crossed the species barrier; a human version of BSE has killed more than 80 Britons since 1995. Then it leaped across the Irish Sea and the English Channel, afflicting cows in 12 European nations. Last week Italy confirmed its first cases. Late last year, it hit Spain and Germany. Earlier this month, the German ministers of health and agriculture resigned in disgrace when their assurances that German beef was safe proved false...
...genetic engineering is to start talking about what should and should not be allowed, who will pay and what standards ought to apply to those who want to promote and sell services that promise to make utopian children. The proper response to ANDi is not legislation to stop the mad scientists but a public debate that will teach us how best to control ourselves...
Thanks for picking up an idea from MAD magazine. That cover photo of W. lacks only the "What, me worry?" line. EARL M. WESTER Wyomissing...
...water lilies of Monet, the dreamy Provencal mountains of Cezanne--not to mention to paintings of Manet, Seurat, Bonnard, Renoir and many more. Meanwhile, Toulouse-Lautrec is presiding over the Moulin Rouge nightclub, Paul Gauguin has taken ship for Tahiti and set about painting the native girls--and poor, mad Van Gogh is only ten years in the grave...
...situation that has been making activists mad for years: The paradox of people, persecuted in their own countries, who come to the United States to find a new life - only to find themselves imprisoned in conditions similar to the ones they tried to escape. Now that is about to change. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has issued new, comprehensive guidelines for the treatment of more than 20,000 detainees currently awaiting immigration hearings across the country...