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...northward than central Mexico. But the Texans' growing unease is understandable: unless the bees are headed off or at least slowed down, they may reach the Texas border as early as next year. Mexican and American scientists are doing their level best to keep that from occurring. Near the narrowest part of southern Mexico, where the rugged Sierra Madre sweeps close to the coast, they have prepared a stand against the marauders, a kind of apiarian Thermopylae...
BOSTON--The controversial gay rights bill, which is entering its 16th year before the State Legislature, was sent to the Senate yesterday by the narrowest of committee votes...
Boitano could be counted on to enrich the trophy trove, but as he went into the final program, the hue was anything but certain. In addition, as the men approached the long segment, which counts for 50% of the total score, Boitano held the narrowest of leads. His stronger showing in the painstaking figures (worth 30%) gave him the edge, despite Orser's higher marks in the short program (worth just 20%). But that segment, lasting no longer than 2 1/4 minutes, was a boost for both men. Orser delivered a jazzy Fred Astaire send- up that he later called...
...conservative enough to have written opinions displeasing some feminists, gay-rights activists and civil libertarians. But students of his career agree that his hallmark is conservatism in a quite different sense: he avoids propounding sweeping doctrines of how to interpret the Constitution. Instead, he often decides cases on the narrowest possible grounds. Says Alex Kozinski, a former Kennedy clerk and now a colleague on the Ninth Circuit bench: "Judge Bork is an academician. He has an overall theory of the law and the Constitution, and he tries to fit cases into that theory. Tony Kennedy is much more...
...read the fine print before signing any of the numerous contracts available. Some centers require supplemental medical insurance to cover acute hospital care, while others do not. Some exclude prior ailments from coverage. Many continuing-care communities charge extra for nursing care and thus do not fit the narrowest definition of life-care facilities. At the Pueblo Norte Retirement Village in Scottsdale, Ariz., for example, members are refunded 90% of their entry fee and no longer make their regular monthly payments if they are permanently transferred to the nursing home. But they are charged...