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Many fear that the single market will prompt more short-term unemployment, as companies shut down scattered operations and consolidate. Unless rules are equally enforced by member countries, industries could demand a return to protectionism. Protests have erupted over the fear that lower wages and benefits in some countries will draw industry away from such socially liberal nations as France and Germany. Many also fear that broadening the E.C. by admitting East European nations will weaken it economically. But, says European Commission president Jacques Delors, "building Europe has not been a long, calm process." Forced to cope with the realities...
...disease is easily detected with a blood test, but since most cases are mild and self-limiting, there's no consensus on how aggressively it should be treated. However, once serious symptoms appear -- including skin rashes, labored breathing and achy joints -- treatment must be prompt. Unfortunately, all four antifungal drugs in use are disagreeable and often toxic. The worst, victims agree, is amphotericin B, known as "Ampho the Terrible" to those who have to have it injected into the base of their skull for meningitis. The side effects include nausea, fever and kidney damage. In severe cases, where the fungus...
Westley Dodd is the man who shook the faith of enough people in the state of Washington to prompt legislators to pass the U.S.'s most unforgiving, possibly unconstitutional, laws against sexual predators. After his sentencing for the kidnap, rape and murder of three little boys in 1989, hardened reporters who covered the case sought counseling to help them handle what they had heard in court. A therapist who treated Dodd even said, "Wes ought...
Kevorkian has become the kind of fanatic who could prompt people who share his views to change their minds. Two out of three Americans say they think doctors should be allowed to help desperately sick patients commit suicide, a cause for which Kevorkian has become the most celebrated champion. But as he appears on television after each new death, invoking a higher moral authority and ignoring court orders and judges' instructions, Kevorkian begins to embody all the warnings about how euthanasia, once unleashed, could get out of hand. "It's almost become obligatory for people who write or speak about...
...share the hope expressed in your Decmber 9 staff editorial ("A Stocking Stuffer") for prompt agreement on a new three-year contract between the University and the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW). Our employees deserve raises, and we would like to conclude the contract negotiations so we can provide fair raises to the approximately 3,500 employees affected...