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...foes of both proposals have introduced two ballot initiatives of their own. Food growers and agribusinesses are pushing a measure called CAREFUL, which they say would achieve the same level of food safety as Big Green through less drastic means. Dubbed Big Brown by its critics, the proposal would outlaw the transport of food in vehicles also used to carry hazardous substances and set up a $25 million research program to develop alternatives to pesticides. Big Green supporters charge that CAREFUL simply restates existing pesticide laws. At the same time, the timber industry has united behind the New Forestry Initiative...
...Mandela is seeking two things: first, reassurance that economic sanctions will not be lifted until South Africa is headed toward a peaceful political solution, and second, pledges of funds to rebuild the A.N.C. in South Africa. The organization was legalized only four months ago after almost 30 years of outlaw status. Mandela's message in Washington, says Mabuza, will be, "Why turn off the heat when the water is about to boil...
Hate among Los Angeles gang members isn't personal; it's an attitude. Ask Ducc why he shot, and he says, "Cuz he was an enemy." Ask him why he was an enemy, and he shrugs and says, "Cuz." It's part of an outlaw code Ducc lives by but cannot define. Ducc says he never felt any remorse. "I wasn't going to cry about it, because he was an enemy and I wasn't going to feel sorry for him," he says. But didn't he feel anything? "For a while I got drunk, to hide my feelings...
...agency has been dillydallying on this issue for years. As long ago as 1982, the FDA began drafting regulations to cover over-the-counter weight-loss products, and those proposals may at last be finalized before the end of the year. The new rules are expected to outlaw more than 100 diet- product ingredients on the market, including methyl cellulose and other bulking agents that supposedly "swell" in the consumer's stomach and curb appetite...
...million children "at risk" and in need of counseling thanks to the "graphic brutality marketed to these kids through music and television." Lawmakers in 19 states went further; they considered proposing warning labels for any song dealing with such topics as drugs, incest, murder and suicide, which would conceivably outlaw depraved works like I Get a Kick Out of You, Die Walkure, Frankie and Johnny and Tosca. The music industry quickly forestalled such legislation by decreeing that record companies will decide which material is controversial and alert consumers with a label that reads PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LYRICS...