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...strength of current migration trends, some experts believe the region may even be on the way to becoming a magnetic pole of a New West, replacing California as the ultimate, mythmaking destination, tantalizing the daydreams of restless souls itching to pick up and move. "These are sustainable economies, absolutely. It's not just another cycle but a permanent, historic shift," says Richard Lamm, the popular three-term former Governor of Colorado who now teaches public policy at the University of Denver. The Rockies' notorious history of booms and busts that created ghost towns as suddenly as gold rushes...
Washington -- FBI agents are almost giddy over the appointment of their new director, Louis Freeh, the former agent who will fill the tiny shoes of William Sessions, the fbi chief who was recently sacked. Some agents posted at headquarters -- considered a bottom-of-the-totem-pole assignment -- are actually seeking delays in their promotions so they can watch Freeh in action. Other agents who were scheduled to retire have decided to stick around awhile, even though such a decision means missing out on a one-time-only $25,000 buyout plan being offered this year...
...send the car spinning in circles. Some do it in front of police cars, in the hopes of inspiring a chase. One night last November, three kids stole a new Honda, drove across a side street, hit a bump in the road, took off, sheared a power pole in half, took another pole out and brought the electric lines down on top of them, and all three burned to death. "When you try to pry these kids out of these cars and see people get run over by them," asks Captain Fanning, "what the hell joy does anybody...
...have Actisite and other new treatments not been approved for general use in the U.S.? "The FDA is burdened with life-or-death priorities like AIDS and cancer," says Michael Newman, a professor of periodontics at the UCLA School of Dentistry. "Dental products are low on the totem pole." Other dental researchers wonder whether acceptance of the therapies is being delayed by periodontists who don't want to lose part of their lucrative oral-surgery practice. "European countries are definitely more receptive," Loesche says. "Part of it is that they don't have a strong periodontal establishment...
...Judiciary Committee. He was a rapid proponent of segregation in 1948 but has since become a repentant integrator. Originally a Democrat, he has become the definition of an archconservative Republican. Even with his experience, Thurmond must rest a few notches below Metzenbaum on the whom-do-you-trust totem pole...