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...followers, however, are glitzless baby boomers. Many are graduates of 12-step programs -- they are the addicted, or the obsessed and compulsive. Others are spiritual seekers turned off by organized religion. Williamson, the daughter of an affluent Houston attorney, considers herself one of them. "The course was my personal path out of hell," she says. "There was little I hadn't tried or been through," including numerous sexual relationships, drugs and even a stab at singing nightclub jazz...
Until the space age, earthlings had no defense against such a threat. But now astronomers can determine years in advance if an asteroid will hit the earth. In theory, a nuclear missile could then be launched to rendezvous with the intruder, explode nearby and nudge it into a safe path. NASA, which spends under $1 million a year watching for collisions, will be a sponsor of the first International Conference on Near-Earth Asteroids next week in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and is planning a seminar this year on asteroid avoidance. Still, the threat of a sneak attack remains...
...government operations that give every American a tangible benefit for his tax dollar. Not only do picnicgoers count on the predictions to save them from a sprinkling, but thousands of businesses depend on the NWS for their very survival -- from airlines plotting the most efficient flight path to utilities trying to meet peak-load demands. Farmers, fishermen, oil drillers, construction companies, snowmakers, moviemakers, grain speculators and baseball umpires all have an urgent interest in accurate weather predictions. With hats in hand, NWS officials tried to impress this upon the Senators last week. And while further technical delays seem inevitable...
Hobbled by internal divisions, lack of direction and a leadership vacuum brought on by the May assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, India's Congress Party took the path of least resistance last week: it tapped an uncontroversial party stalwart to serve as the nation's Prime Minister. P.V. Narasimha Rao, 70, who has a heart condition, became the unanimous choice of party legislators after his main rival, Bombay politician Sharad Pawar, 50, withdrew his candidacy for the nation's top post in the name of party unity...
...global conservation is that the most pristine areas remaining on earth are in remote, often anarchic regions where instability and lack of facilities keep the world at bay. In near bankrupt and chaotic Peru, bad roads and a State Department travel advisory warning about the insurgency of the Shining Path guerrillas cut the number of American visitors to the Manu in 1990 to 80, fewer than those who chose to visit Beirut. The area, however, is one of the few places in South America where the primordial Amazon is on display...