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...fact is the White House does have a campaign strategy, and not talking about it is part of the plan. Rule No. 1: Be presidential. Last year that meant playing the prudent, pragmatic grownup against the disruptive adolescence of Newt Gingrich. This year it means Clinton's projecting himself as a vigorous, vital, people-loving, curious, future-minded Not-Dole. Since the President won't get much cooperation from a Republican Congress, he will focus on other strategic alliances rather than push new programs that reek of Big Government--working with business leaders on TV standards, with Governors on welfare...
What scientists can do, say those on both sides of the debate, is step up the pace of research. If sperm counts are dropping, even in only part of the world, it would be prudent to figure out why. And if they turn out to be declining everywhere, better to know sooner than later. Extrapolating from Skakkebaek's admittedly controversial data, it's conceivable that the average man will be infertile within a century. Even if things are only half that dire, it would be bad news indeed for the human race...
...Buchanan and Forbes vowed to stay in the campaign until the convention.U.S. Seeks Peaceful Resolution In TaiwanTAIPEI, TAIWAN: Even as the United States dispatched two warships to waters near Taiwan, officials predicted the crisis with China would end peacefully. Defense Secretary Perry said the ships were sent as a "prudent, cautionary measure" and he didn't think China would invade the island. China has started eight days of war games in a 6,600-square-mile area which stretches to the mid-point of the Taiwan Strait - an unofficial border between the two sides. Taiwanese officials have heightened military alert...
...sounded like an explosion," said Werner Prudent, who was working at the Seattle's Best Coffee stand at the time of the accident...
...speculation. "We're still in the dark," he says. Meanwhile, officials in Gabon are playing it safe. Last week they warned villagers not to touch dead animals found in the forest or kill any that are "behaving strangely." Until researchers know what they're dealing with, that's probably prudent. As the villagers of Mayibout now know too well, Ebola seldom gives victims a second chance...