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...promised veto could give the Democrats a potent issue in the presidential election campaign because the trade gap, which hit a record $171.2 billion last year, has become the most serious threat to economic prosperity. The monthly trade deficit has declined from a peak of $17.6 billion in October, but recent figures have been going in the wrong direction. A report released last month showing that the deficit jumped from $12.4 billion in January to $13.8 billion in February sent the financial markets into a brief panic. Continued deterioration of the trade balance could lead to a further drop...
About a decade later, during the Vietnam War, army officials again considered trying to synthesize the potent female sex attractant, but this time they wanted the substance to function as a sort of natural spy detector, Roth recalls. Army officials proposed spreading the substance in areas occupied by the North Vietnamese, so anyone who crossed the boundaries between North and South Vietnam, such as a South Vietnamese spy, would be given away by a tell-tale appeal to male roaches...
Fortunately for the Crimson, Kate Felsen--a four-year starter who led the team in scoring with 31 goals and 17 assists last year--returns to lead a potent Harvard attack. Felsen was a member of the 1987 U.S. National Team and was a second-team All-Ivy selection last year...
...more concerned with communism down the block than ignorance in his own home. Instead of sending young men and women off to fight the next Vietnam, he should make sure they know what the first one was. In the long run, education--because it teaches cooperation--is a more potent weapon than a gun or missile...
Bowling Green will need to silence Vermont's potent first line, featuring lan Boyce, Kyle McDonough and Captain Toby Ducolon. McDonough's 40 points place him just two points ahead of Boyce and Ducolon. Goalie Mike Milham will enter the game with a 2.37 goals-against average...