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...whatever good comes from sobering up the parties is likely to be offset by returning to the bad old days of difficult divorce. An effort to repeal no-fault divorce failed in Iowa and Michigan when people realized it would be a boon to lawyers without necessarily saving marriages or protecting women from Donald Trumps trading in old models for newer ones. How many cooing couples who select covenant marriage realize that should their union turn into an icy hell, they have signed on to a financially draining, emotionally exhausting divorce process in which they must find grievous fault...
Women who stayed on estrogen for more than 10 years, however, derived a more modest benefit. Reason? Their risk of dying from breast cancer shot up 43%, enough to offset the positive effects of estrogen, Grodstein says, but not enough to eliminate them entirely. Despite the rise in breast-cancer deaths, the researchers found that long-term estrogen users still had a 20% lower death rate. Over the coming years, Grodstein and her colleagues hope to find out what happens when women use estrogen for even longer periods. Does their breast-cancer risk continue to rise, or does it level...
...example, some of the $123 billion could be offset by selling to a third party the complete rights to the Harvard name...
...strict criteria for inclusion in a new European currency by 1999, reports Paris Bureau chief Thomas Sancton: "The questions are: Can they create new jobs? Can they stimulate consumption through raising purchasing power and at the same time meet the EU goals? Unless the Socialists' plans can be offset by tax increases -- and in France, taxes are the highest in Europe -- they are going to run up huge deficits. If they do that, and if the rules are strictly adhered to by all the partners, the French are going to have a lot of trouble making the grade." Sancton notes...
...forensics lab. The report specifically criticized work done in the Oklahoma bombing case, saying that investigators had drawn unjustifiable conclusions and failed to follow proper procedures. Potential jurors may have heard about the report, although they are supposed to avoid any news about the trial, and that may offset the damage done to the defense last month when the press reported that McVeigh had "confessed" to his lawyers. Prosecutors have known about the likely contents of the report for months and have taken steps to minimize its effects, but the FBI's flawed lab work certainly damages their case. Indeed...