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...Given that, consumers may grasp at whatever data are available when deciding what to buy. That will be true especially for purchases made for children, whose developing brains absorb more radiation than adult brains and who could be exposed to potential harm for decades to come. That prospect has led parents like Gilbert Yablon to just say no. "I don't let my [eight-year-old] daughter talk on the cell phone," says Yablon, who runs a movie-graphics company just outside Los Angeles. "I'll take the risk for myself, but I don't want her exposed...
...candidates in a dead heat among likely voters, suggests that people may be receptive to his argument. A solid majority of 56% agreed that Gore "would increase the size of government substantially." Gore advisers argue that Democrats have earned the trust of voters, that prosperity, balanced budgets and the prospect of huge future surpluses have put Americans in a mood to take a chance on new spending that solves problems for seniors and families. But Bush strategist Karl Rove sees another trend. "Undecided voters by 2 to 1 favor the Bush view of government," he says. "We like the contrast...
...average debt of $14,487, and they could spend the next 10 years paying Harvard back. Even more daunting, this debt follows Harvard's 1998 financial aid increase that allowed many students to reduce their annual loan requirement by $2,000. Although Harvard boasts a low default rate, the prospect of paying back the University upon graduation is a daunting one. Again, the University is poised at a more than comfortable financial position to assist its students in paying off their monetary debts--and it should. By last June, the University had raised $225 million for financial aid during...
...years of courting military disasters, economic devastation and diplomatic isolation, Serbs were ready for a man decidedly lacking in charisma and historical ambition. Barred from broadcast media, Kostunica diligently drove from village to town, averaging five stops a day, speaking directly to the people. He wooed them with the prospect of being "normal" again, promising "a dull, average European country with an average economy, an average relationship with its neighbors, an average political life." When Milosevic's thugs pelted him with tomatoes and rocks at a campaign rally, he took a cut beneath the eye before retreating, then calmly declared...
Though doctrinaire conservatives aren't thrilled with the prospect of enlarging the federal government's role in education, they see Bush's plan as far preferable to Gore...