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WASHINGTON, D.C.: As the GOP convention draws nearer, pro-life Republicans are determined that the anti-abortion plank in their party platform will not change. But many Republicans oppose the abortion ban. An Associated Press poll discovered a wide moderate streak on abortion among Republican National Convention delegates. About 34 percent want to remove the plank supporting a constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion, while fewer than half of the delegates want to retain the controversial language. A full quarter of the delegates do not know how they stand, or didn't answer the question. The moderates may have a highly...
...mines had become an important political issue, both in Congress and internationally. A former frontline soldier, he understood the value of mines, but his experience helping the Kurds in Iraq after the Gulf War had shown him how devastating they can be to civilians. As the presidential plane drew nearer to Bosnia, the general well knew that he might soon have to rethink America's land-mine policy...
That makes it the closest comet since 1983 and gives it a leg up on visibility (Halley's came no nearer than 39 million miles). Better yet, Hyakutake's trajectory will place it high in the northern sky when it reaches peak brightness this week, so that it will be visible for most of the night over most of the northern hemisphere...
...wise, however, to remember Republican history. As the real voting draws nearer, the front runner invariably loses some market share, and the electorate expresses its dissatisfaction with the field. And then the front runner captures the prize anyway, as the G.O.P.'s leaders have done ever since the party began holding primaries almost 50 years...
...nearer term, the company is moving aggressively in markets that are closely linked to its existing business. Its new Microsoft Home division, for example, is an attempt to leverage its position in the market for business desktops, which is becoming saturated, and move into the so-called SOHO (small office, home office) market, which is growing at an estimated 20% a year. Microsoft has begun advancing on Lotus by adding Notes-like groupware features to Windows 95 and Windows NT. And pursuing what may be its most important source of revenue in the next few years, Microsoft continues to work...