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...disgruntled employee of the local organizing committee and provocative questions raised by a member of the I.O.C., the Salt Lake Olympic bidders stand suspected of bribing the I.O.C. members who decide where the next Olympics will take place. So far, four groups--the I.O.C., the U.S. Olympic Committee (whose probe is headed by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell), the Justice Department and a Utah ethics committee--have opened investigations into the mess. The IRS may be next...
Clinton told advisers, "I want to get on with the business of my presidency," and gave the go-ahead for a special counsel...But there are questions about the special counsel. Who will be chosen? Reno's only answer was someone "ruggedly independent"... How broad or narrow will the probe be? Said Justice Department spokesman Carl Stern: "We are not going to tell the special counsel what to investigate. He or she is going to tell us." The difference could be crucial. An inquiry focused narrowly on Whitewater...might be concluded speedily but be open to charges of inadequacy...
...pioneering studies about genetic screening and its problems. The mother, Suzi, was also a physician. When she became pregnant at 37, she not only opted for amniocentesis--mainly to check for Down syndrome, an increased risk for children of mothers her age--but also for a newer genetic probe for an inheritable neuromuscular disease. She knew that a member of her family carried the gene for it and realized she might have it too. "It was a straightforward matter and deemed valid by our doctor," says Billings. "But Blue Cross adamantly refused to pay the bill--even though...
...look more closely at the baby's genetic prospects, doctors must probe the long stretches of DNA along the chromosomes constituting its genes. Thanks to the spectacular success of molecular biologists in identifying specific disease genes, burgeoning U.S. genetic centers now offer DNA tests for 30 or 40 of the more commonly inherited disorders, including cystic fibrosis, susceptibility to some types of breast cancer, fragile X syndrome (after Down, the most common cause of mental retardation), Huntington's disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and various types of degeneration of the brainstem, spinal cord and peripheral nerves. If you include testable variants...
...Higher, Faster, Stronger" add "More" -- as in more investigations, now that George Mitchell has agreed to head an inquiry into the Salt Lake City Olympic bribery scandal. The former Senate majority leader and Irish peace negotiator will lead the U.S. Olympic Committee's probe into whether the people who brought the 2002 Winter Games to Utah actually bought the games to Utah by showering International Olympic Committee officials with expensive gifts...