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Surgeon General nominee Joycelyn Elders made little effort to ingratiate herself with her conservative detractors, defiantly defending her radical belief that condoms are a more effective shield against teen pregnancy than moralistic admonitions to "just...
...there are millions or even hundreds of thousands of gay parents, why do they seem so invisible? Mostly because they fear harassment and want to shield their children from turmoil. Who are these people, and how are their children faring? In the New York City neighborhood of Greenwich Village, Sandra Russo and Robin Young are rearing Cade, 13, and Ry, 11, their respective biological daughters via artificial insemination. The children's nurturing home life and studied imperviousness to teasing have turned around their peers. Says Ry: "After a while they get it. Some kids are a little slow...
...forlorn, and for the moment the beleaguered citizens of Mostar's mainly Muslim eastern quarter are surviving day to day on whatever aid can be negotiated past the city's Croat besiegers. Last week Muslim civilians released U.N. troops they had held for more than a week as a shield against Croat shelling, making a resumption of aid possible. But unless peace comes soon, U.N. aid can only postpone the death of one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most beautiful and historic cities...
...ecstatic about the results of the $300 million test. It was, declared one official, like "hitting a bullet with a bullet." Moreover, it was proof of the potential of Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. It seemed to signal an important first step in building a high- tech astro-shield against nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles from the Soviet Union. A Wall Street Journal editorial proclaimed, STAR WARS WORKS...
...shower had become an awesome storm, visible over large parts of the U.S. Southwest, brightening the sky like the grand finale of a fireworks display and causing many startled spectators instinctively to shield their face. Interspersed with occasional fireballs, the meteors reached an incredible peak rate of at least 40 per sec. before the bombardment began to wane. Some shooting stars continued to fall until their trails were obscured by the glare of the rising...