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Bush says he opposes the measure, which would supersede a patchwork of similar laws already on the books in 30 states, because he believes its looser registration requirements would lead to voter fraud. Less advertised but no less important is the White House's reluctance to boost voter turnout in a year when outsider Ross Perot has scrambled the Electoral College math and the throw-the-bums-out mood has reached epidemic proportion...
...absence of stricter fuel-economy standards for cars. Conservatives were bugged by the banning until 2002 of new offshore oil drilling along most of the U.S. coast. But there was something for every interest group to love as well, and while nobody was entirely satisfied with the patchwork that finally emerged from committee, the legislation sailed through...
...TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: PlanEcon, U.N. High Commission for Refugees}]CAPTION: THE BALKANS: AN ETHNIC PATCHWORK...
...humanity paves over, logs and plows under forests and fields around the world, the crucial question for the biosphere is whether people can make peace with nature beyond the boundaries of the patchwork of parks and protected areas, which cover less than 1% of the globe. Through a combination of respect for the land and luck, the Pantaneiros have shown that this might be possible. At the headquarters of the huge Novo Miranda Ranch, manager Ito Menezes says, "The Pantanal has always vanquished human attempts to mess...
...nearly unbroken regime of tough new obstacles and outright prohibitions. Though opponents of abortion say the other side is overstating the threat as a way to mobilize supporters, they are quietly confident of roughly the same outcome. "At the end of this decade we will probably have a patchwork of state laws," says Gary Bauer, president of the conservative Family Research Council and formerly the domestic policy adviser in the Reagan White House. "But legal or illegal, it will be much more likely that abortion will be seen as a matter of shame and something to be avoided...