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...ever fully predict how people will be affected by such changes," Carter said. "If you tell a group that their religion must be bypassed for the law, it is a major disruption in their lives...
Legal experts predict a continued surge in suits against smoking parents. If that happens, Joseph LaMacchia, founder of Parents Against Second-Hand Smoke in Watertown, Massachusetts, will take some of the credit. LaMacchia teaches nonsmoking parents how to build such cases. In a 40-page booklet that costs $6, he advises parents to keep a log of their children's physical problems and have their urine or saliva tested to prove overexposure to smoke...
Young said she "can't even predict" when thenegotiations might end. It could be tomorrow or ayear from now, she said...
...treaty, which would eliminate most trade barriers between the three countries within 15 years, has overwhelming support among economic thinkers. Of 19 major studies of NAFTA's impact, 18 predict that by expanding American exports, the agreement will bolster the U.S. economy, raise average incomes and increase overall employment. The basic argument appeals to common sense: since Mexican tariffs on imports are almost double those imposed by the U.S., the elimination of those duties should favor American exports. In the six years since Mexico began liberalizing its economy and lowering trade barriers, annual U.S. exports to the country have risen...
...problem is especially serious in seasonally recurring courses with large enrollments in the Core Program. Since the Core is relatively unaffected by departmental faculty advising, the ebb and flow of student enrollments is particularly difficult to predict. I can speak from experience, having taught a Core course ("The Concept of the Hero in Greek Civilization") since the late 1970s. Over the years I have worked closely with the administrators of the Core, who are very experienced and able academics, but even our combined efforts cannot provide a fail-safe yearly calculus for enrollments. If we underestimate the numbers of students...