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...cops here won't arrest you for possessing a little. And it's no different on much of the Continent. Cedric, an 18-year-old Swiss student, smokes dope regularly with his friends on trains, in the streets and parks of Geneva, even during high school recess. "The teachers know about it but don't say anything," he says. In Marseilles two months ago, 20 crewmen on the aircraft carrier Foch had consumed cannabis so flagrantly on board that a military court had to punish them but handed out only suspended sentences. Judging by the fragrant smoke wafting around...
...decision. Majorities in both houses support federal funding for research on embryonic stem cells. The Bush compromise might be enough "to head them off at the pass," says Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, an opponent of embryonic stem-cell research. It helped that Bush timed his announcement for the summer recess, when members of Congress are scattered, making it harder for Democrats to offer a speedy, unified alternative...
...beginning of the summer, Clinton seemed to have found her footing on Capitol Hill. She started fund-raising in earnest for other Democrats, and began inching into the national spotlight again. Just before the Senate adjourned for summer recess, Clinton, a member of the Commerce Committee, led a successful challenge of President Bush?s pick to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Defeating the nomination of Mary Sheila Gall was, in effect, Clinton?s first real bid for national press...
...Politically, neither side will be hurt by delivering moderation on an issue that the public has yet to accept as an urgent matter. But Bush, in his eagerness to keep ANWR alive and give his House Republicans something to brag about when they head home for summer recess, has put himself in a somewhat unprofitable position. And when energy hits the Senate in a month or two, he?ll be facing little but "Defeat" headlines from then...
...source tells TIME that Condit is wrestling with how to spend the August recess. Does he go home and hide out? Does he face public scrutiny or take a vacation? Such suffering, of course, means nothing next to that of the Levys, who have endured nearly 100 days of agony. In a move born of frustration, Susan Levy, Chandra's mother, hinted that the family may sue Condit in civil court, although for now such a suit seems unlikely. And it felt like desperate, heartbroken hope when Chandra's mother stood outside her Modesto, Calif., home late last week...