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...move to intensify the ADA's impact, the Federal Government is once again stepping in. Last March, President Bill Clinton created the Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities, which presented its first report in December. "The report basically says that so much more needs to be done to help people with disabilities in the workplace," says Coelho, vice chair of the task force. The report's recommendations included tax changes to help people with disabilities pay for work-related expenses, a new program with the Small Business Administration to assist those who want to start their...
...Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and Oprah Winfrey, all of whom have been named in our TIME 100 issues: Leaders and Revolutionaries (April 13, 1998), Artists and Entertainers (June 8, 1998) and Builders and Titans (Dec. 7, 1998). The museum will incorporate wax figures from upcoming issues on Scientists and Thinkers (March) and Heroes and Inspirations (June) as they are published. The series culminates with a year-end issue dedicated to the Person of the Century; a space in Madame Tussaud's will be set aside as a permanent site for a statue of the honoree. Additionally, Madame Tussaud's is offering...
...final discussion of the program is still pending the submission of financial information from Administrative Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Margot N. Gill. Following council approval, the full Faculty is scheduled to take up the issue at its meeting in March. The program would begin to admit students this fall...
This Friday, the 26th annual March for Life will take place in Washington, D.C. Thousands of anti-abortion protesters will gather on the Mall to advocate the revocation of Roe v. Wade and the adoption of a "human life amendment to the Constitution." But even as long-standing peaceful demonstrations and anti-abortion legislation attempts continue, a disturbing minority of anti-abortion activists are shifting the real battle against Roe from philosophical opposition towards pursuits of violence against abortion providers...
...impressed with the DVD 825 by the Philips Consumer Electronics Co. ($299, in March). It's upgradable so that new features such as better searching and zooming can be added via software discs later. Some parents may find the blocking feature (which allows you to lock out certain discs) useful. Another thing Philips announced: an under-$1,000 recordable DVD player that can record TV shows in real time. Look for that...