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Both the FBI and the cultists' lawyers are making detailed preparations for a surrender. Koresh, accompanied by DeGuerin, would come out first and be whisked away, perhaps by helicopter. Others will walk up a dirt road about 100 yards, pass through metal detectors to make sure they are not carrying weapons, then board buses for a ride of several miles to a processing center already set up inside a cavernous airplane hangar on the grounds of Texas State Technical College. There they will be stripped, dressed in prison garb, photographed and sent to local jails...
That's welcome news to the parents of 3 million American kids with lead poisoning. But getting the lead out is not easy. Some children endured a procedure called chelation, in which drugs that bind to the metal are administered intravenously; others took nutritional supplements. And any home with peeling lead paint -- the most common cause of poisoning -- had to undergo extensive repairs...
...sports page is not a carefully crafted conspiracy. We are a small pedal-to-the-metal staff of humans, after all. Even though our job is specifically to prevent mistakes from happening, Tarek and I aren't perfect either. Like lacrosse goalies, we handle shot after shot, but that odd one will sneak by us. The readers have set a high goal for us--to be perfect. And we do our damnedest to reach that goal...
...simple game, a lot like miniature golf, only it's played on real grass, with a bigger, less rubbery ball and a clunky wooden mallet instead of a slim metal club. And with wickets and stakes instead of holes. And all-natural obstacles--no electronic windmills with flashing lights...
...controlling guns is. Annually, more U.S. citizens die from murder in our cities than in war-torn Northen Ireland every year. Police are finding themselves outgunned by criminals armed with automatic weapons. Schools are installing metal detectors to prevent children from bringing handguns into classes. Strict gun control will not completely solve these problems; guns will still reach the streets illegally. But gun control will help. Making guns more difficult to obtain is worth the effort...