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...insult justice. Most mandatory sentences were designed as weapons in the drug war, with an awful consequence: we now live in a country where it's common to get a longer sentence for selling a neighbor a joint than for, say, sexually abusing her. (According to a 1997 federal report, those convicted of drug trafficking have served an average of almost seven years, nearly a year longer than those convicted of sexual abuse.) Several new books, including Michael Massing's The Fix, point out that the tough-on-drugs policies of the past 15 years haven't had much impact...
...result has been more fretting in Washington about how China is retooling its vast military. Particularly worrisome: widespread Chinese spying on the U.S. A top-secret congressional report delivered to the White House last month suggests a stunning espionage effort being coordinated from Beijing, whose spy rings have been stealing secrets in the U.S. for 20 years. The congressional committee set out six months ago to probe allegations that two U.S. aerospace companies, Hughes Electronics Corp. and Loral Space & Communications, provided China with critical rocket-design information that helped improve its ballistic missiles. The committee concluded that they...
...More in TIME.com's Davos Report...
...pussyfoot around if you're bitten by a dog or cat. Scientists report that in at least half of all cases, bites carry pasteurella--nasty bacteria that can cause an infection in the blood or joints and, in rare instances, meningitis. If swelling or pain develops, see a doctor promptly...
...professionally.? But for that kind of money, Mrs. Clinton would have to tell almost all, admits the publisher. ?Not everything, but quite a bit.? Clearly Regan isn?t ruing the one that got away: Monica. Having snubbed a $4 million book-and-TV offer from Regan before the Starr report was out, Monica was offered less than $1 million for a book afterward. The deal died, says Regan, partly because of the Lewinsky camp?s distaste for another big-haired author of hers: Howard Stern...