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Although the number of law school applicants has declined over the past few years, the number of applicants to medical school continues to rise dramatically...
Until now. A draft report currently circulating on the Internet asserts that the global-temperature rise can now be blamed, at least in part, on human activity. Statements like this have been made before by individual researchers--who have been criticized for going too far beyond the scientific consensus. But this report comes from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a respected U.N.-sponsored body made up of more than 1,500 leading climate experts from 60 nations...
Like street-corner prophets proclaiming that the end is near, scientists who study the earth's atmosphere have been issuing predictions of impending doom for the past few years without offering any concrete proof. The atmospheric scientists' version of the apocalypse is global warming, a gradual rise in worldwide temperatures caused by man-made gases trapping too much heat from the sun. If the theory is correct, the world could be in for dramatic changes in climate, accompanied by major disruptions to modern society. So far, though, even the experts have had to admit that while the earth has warmed...
...levels could rise up to 3 ft., mostly because of melting glaciers and the expansion of water as it warms up. That could submerge vast areas of low-lying coastal land, including major river deltas, most of the beaches on the U.S. Atlantic Coast, parts of China and the island nations of the Maldives, the Seychelles and the Cook and Marshallislands. More than 100 million people would be displaced...
Both proposals would seek big savings by increasing what Medicare recipients pay for coverage. For most, the current monthly premium of $46.10 for doctors' bills would rise to $90 or more by 2002. Those with annual incomes of more than $100,000, however, would pay $286 a month by that year. The Senate plan would also add $50 to the current $100 deductible now applied to everyone...