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...Democratic predecessors under the leadership of Governor Jim Florio. Among the latest to fall was a Florio centerpiece: the nation's toughest restrictions on military-style assault weapons. By margins that may be veto-proof, the lawmakers lifted the ban on the sale and possession of dozens of dangerous rapid-fire guns -- though not, even in their zeal, on the notorious Uzis...
...agreement will bind together three major economies -- two mature and wealthy, the third relatively poor but in the throes of rapid and profound modernization. Building upon a similar agreement between the U.S. and Canada that took effect in 1989, the expanded pact will create a $6.4 trillion megamarket of 363 million consumers. But it will also challenge the three governments with the prospect of far-reaching social dislocations. What worries politicians in all three nations is, Will the trade-off be worth...
Automatic typewriters are probably still decades away. But there has been rapid progress in the underlying technology during the past few years, and even with the severe limitations of today's equipment there are now voice- recognition systems doing real tasks -- and in some cases replacing real workers -- at hundreds of sites across the U.S. Among those tasks...
...snippets of information from Tyler's life. Much of Shampoo Planet is about its protagonist's remembrances--of his carefree childhood on a British Columbia hippie commune, of his vacationto Europe, of his alcoholic, get-rich-quick stepfather, Dan. like the Chapters they comprise, they follow each other in rapid-fire bursts. But what chiefly propels the plot is the choice Tyler must make between his hometown girlfriend, Anna-Louise, and his European summer fling, Stephanie...
...protect food shipments to besieged civilians in secessionist Bosnia-Herzegovina. At a dinner of foreign ministers in Munich, Secretary of State James Baker told France's Roland Dumas that the U.S. was ready to make other major concessions to win a trade agreement if France would make deep and rapid cuts in farm subsidies. Would Paris reciprocate? "No," Dumas replied. But what, Baker asked, if France got all the concessions it wanted? Dumas repeated, coldly, "No." The G-7 did vow to try for a trade agreement by year's end -- but that was the same pledge the leaders made...