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...persecution and cultural isolation have turned the Maya into impoverished outcasts in their own land. At best, they are often reduced to tourist attractions; for a little money, Mexico's Lacandon Indians, for instance, will display their traditional white cotton shikur and long black hair. But condescension is the mildest of the abuses suffered by today's Maya. In a 1992 report on the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Amnesty International cited dozens of human-rights violations carried out by Mexican authorities against the Maya people of Chiapas: they include an incident in 1990 when 11 Maya were tortured after...
...intermittent problem rather than on a continuous basis. For that reason, the National Institutes of Health last year published a set of guidelines for health-care workers that emphasize closer monitoring of lung function and more comprehensive care for the underlying condition. For any but the mildest cases of asthma, the nih recommends that doctors reorganize their first line of defense to include such anti-inflammatory agents as cromolyn sodium or inhaled steroids. This strategy, the experts believe, should lessen the number and severity of later complications...
...political fallout has been swift and stunning. Two of Clinton's competitors, Tom Harkin and Bob Kerrey, who gingerly avoided all but the mildest comments on the subject of Clinton's troubled marriage and Flowers' charges, have come out swinging. Both "wonder" if Clinton is telling the truth, and with the Feb. 18 New Hampshire primary only a week away, they are pressing the issue forcefully. They are lagging badly in the polls, and attacking Clinton offers their only hope for an upset. The last candidate debate, on Feb. 16, will probably provide the most intense mudslinging in years...
...member who charges sexual harassment can complain only to Congress's ethics committees, which have been notoriously tone deaf to such complaints. (In 1989, for example, Representative Jim Bates, a California Democrat, admitted making lewd remarks and touching female members of his staff. The House ethics committee issued its mildest form of discipline, a letter of reproval...
Ryan's action was the mildest penalty that could have been meted out. But Bush still faces potential trouble. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has brought a $200 million gross-negligence suit against him and other former Silverado officials...