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Ultimately, forensic experts foresee the creation of computerized banks of DNA prints. Washington State's King County is wasting no time. Beginning in January, the county plans to take DNA samples from all convicted sex offenders. The aim: a DNA library that will pinpoint the owners of genetic fingerprints left at the scenes of future crimes...
Under such a system, Jesse Jackson could nail Bush on the Reagan Administration's attempts to gut the Voting Rights Act and to reduce federal grants for low-income students. Sam Nunn or Al Gore could specifically pinpoint wasteful defense systems and force Bush to explain how he would guard against another procurement mess in the Pentagon...
Under the heading "New Demographic Realities", Daphne Spain, a professor at the University of Virginia and a former researcher at the Census Bureau, will present a paper using census data to pinpoint the current situations of women. Suzanne Keller will use that information as a starting point for her paper, which will be a "more projectionary and daring" exploration ofwhere women will be at the beginning of the nextcentury, Lee said...
...deadly marine impact of nitrogen, mainly from fertilizer runoff, sewage and animal wastes, has been recognized for years. But the E.D.F. study is the first to pinpoint acid rain as an important source of coastal pollution. Any overload of nitrogen feeds marine algae, which bloom into vast growths that block sunlight and deplete the oxygen supply, smothering fish and crustaceans. The E.D.F. reports that 25% of the nitrogen contaminating Chesapeake Bay is the result of acid rain; investigators found similar nitrogen levels in a preliminary study of the coastal waters of New York and North Carolina. The proposed solution: tighter...
...early third quarter goal gave the Bruins (6-4) a 5-1 lead. But the game was far from over. The Crimson dug in deep and turned in 15 minutes of top-notch lacrosse. The offense moved the ball well with pinpoint passing and executed its plays sharply...