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Renovations of the chapel basement were due to be complete before classes started in September, but Michael N. Lichten, director of the Office of Physical Resources in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said the dig, could set the renovations back at least three weeks...
Renovations of the chapel basement were due to be complete before classes started in September, but Michael N. Lichten, director of the Office of Physical Resources in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said the dig, could set the renovations back at least three weeks...
...food fight between the two trading partners. In a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced that his department will undertake an independent review of the process it uses to approve new varieties of genetically engineered foods and that it will also set up regional research centers to evaluate the long-term effects of such foods. The Europeans have been steadfast in their opposition to genetically altered farm products such as corn and soybeans, prompting the U.S. to threaten stiff tariff retaliation...
...another preview of election 2000 ? the other main issues are gun control, tax cuts and campaign-finance reform ? the Senate is engaging this week in amendment-by-amendment combat over a patients' bill of rights for HMOs. Democrats, including a vociferous President Clinton, are pressing for a broad set of provisions that would expand access to emergency-room care and specialists, and enlarge the right to sue recalcitrant HMOs for denial of treatment. Republicans, while pressing for some of the same reforms, are seeking a more limited bill covering fewer people and with no broad new rights to sue. Turning...
...Over in New Delhi, of course, there?s plenty of reason to celebrate. India?s diplomatic victory was palpable, and even though it lost hundreds of men in the process, its military campaign to eject the intruders also looked set to succeed if diplomacy failed. So where once it looked like a sticky wicket for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Pakistan?s Kashmir adventure may yet turn out to have been just the tonic for his embattled government as he faces Sonia Gandhi in September?s election...