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...retreat will begin tomorrow at the Stage Neck Inn in York Harbor, Maine. Faculty members can swim in the hotel sauna and eat seaweed-covered lobster in between meetings about the future of the department...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: Gov't Dept. Retreats To Maine | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...reconciled. But Clinton's embrace of the Senate plan instantly made it harder to attract support for the Gephardt proposal, which is in competition with a minimalist plan sponsored by the G.O.P. leadership and two bipartisan alternatives, none of which feature employer mandates. Why should House members stick their neck out, they ask, by voting in favor of high employer mandates if the final House-Senate bill is more likely to resemble Mitchell's idea? With that in mind, House leaders postponed the start of their own debate to see how things would pan out in the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 95% Solution | 8/15/1994 | See Source »

Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck or groin can indicate the presence of a wide range of viral or bacterial infections, or more serious diseases such as AIDS, cancer or Hodgkin's disease. Huizenga said a search for an infectious cause for Simpson's condition--including HIV--turned up nothing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS BRIEFS | 8/12/1994 | See Source »

...Munigi camp is about six miles up the road from Goma. Two relief workers lift a girl in a pretty turquoise dress and feel her neck for a pulse. Finding none, they carry her over to the pile of corpses, which they will douse in chlorine to disinfect them. But as they put her down, her head turns. Quickly they take her back to the tent where they are treating victims, but do not bother to set up an IV. She is too sick to save, the workers explained. "But she's moving," says one, "so you can't just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cry the Forsaken Country | 8/1/1994 | See Source »

...Haiti, lynching is accomplished by placing a car tire around the lynchee's neck, filing it with gasoline, and setting it aflame. This is known colloquially as "Pere Lebrun" named after a Haitian tire manufacturer...

Author: By Emil J. Klehne, | Title: Say No to Aristide | 7/26/1994 | See Source »

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