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...think through the reasons for not becoming sexually active," says Nicholson. But she cautions that "this is not a Just Say No program. When kids ask questions, they get straight answers. While we're focusing on postponement, we're not doing it in a context of fear and scare tactics...
...plan to divert local property-tax revenue to state coffers. Warned Phillips: "We have no choice but to commit remaining resources to the prosecution of the most serious crimes." Among misdemeanors, only drunken driving, domestic violence and resisting arrest will be prosecuted. Phillips may be trying to scare the Governor, but meanwhile small- time offenders -- from shoplifters to prostitutes -- will go scot-free in Stockton...
Many of the nation's smaller dairy farmers are on Rifkin's side in the BGH battle. They are afraid that the hormone will produce a milk glut and drive down prices. But what dairy farmers large and small fear most is that the BGH controversy will scare off customers. Firms that have staked their reputation on purity -- manufacturers of baby formula and whole-earth companies like Ben & Jerry's and Stonyfield Farm -- have publicly forsworn the use of the hormone. Market surveys bear out industry concern, predicting a 10% decline in national milk consumption should BGH be widely used...
...election of Ronald Reagan, abruptly interrupted these American efforts. The EPA was taken over by a pro-business team that did not like regulations and distrusted international agreements. Anne Burford, who headed the EPA in the early 1980s, regarded ozone depletion as an unsubstantiated scare story. Many demoralized professionals resigned, leaving the agency with few people who had any background on the issue...
...want to withhold: recognition as a legitimate part of the community. Mixner telephoned the White House repeatedly to express his disapproval, but his calls were not returned. When he spoke at a gay- oriented church and agreed to appear on ABC's Nightline, a White House aide tried to scare him off with implicit threats of ostracism. But at a subsequent meeting with gay leaders, Clinton left them optimistic that he would lift...