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...star witness after all. When Senator John Glenn sprung the tantalizing news on the eve of the hearings that key suspect and Democratic fundraiser John Huang might testify before the Senate campaign finance committee, Thompson's show looked to be starting off with fireworks. But Huang, who is demanding partial immunity as his price, may never get to the witness stand, now that Attorney General Janet Reno has announced her opposition to the deal. Granting Huang even partial immunity, she argued, may interfere with her ongoing investigation into campaign finance irregularities. "It's basically the Ollie North rule," says TIME...
...bishops lost moral high ground, however, when they tossed in the Dumpster the best chance to restrict late-term abortions since abortion was made legal. An astonishing thing happened during the debate over a bill to ban partial-birth abortions, which has no chance of actually becoming law, and wouldn't result in even one less abortion even if it did. Alarmed to learn of the many third-trimester abortions performed after six months, under milewide exceptions for vague reasons of mental health, Democratic Senator Thomas Daschle introduced a bill that would have banned all abortions in which the baby...
...difference, say conservationists and government officials. There isn't much point in poaching because contraband ivory is so difficult--and dangerous--to sell. If the market were opened up, though, the situation could change overnight. Says Dave Currey, director of the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency: "Even a partial relaxation would send a message to poachers that ivory trade is back." Indeed, the message may already be out. David Barritt, African director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, reports that elephant poachers recently arrested in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, said they had been told the ivory trade would...
...Reform" was the catch-word on every Undergraduate Council member's lips, but attempts to overhaul the often-maligned council this year met with only partial success...
...vogue for southwestern decor and food may be as passe as the vogue for Northwestern rock bands, but New Mexico retains its grip on the national imagination, fighting off contenders like Florida (South Beach! Backyard gators!) and North Dakota (Partial site of a Coen brothers movie!) for the title of America's coolest state. Why is New Mexico still the champ? One word: Roswell...