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...seemed that taxol, a drug which would soon be used successfully to shrink ovarian and breast cancer tumors, was only found in the bark of the rare tree...
...force a vote over the opposition's objections on four pieces of legislation that would radically change Japan's electoral system. Liberal Democrats, still fumbling in their role as the largest opposition party, fumed that the government was pushing them toward a decision "at knifepoint." Hosokawa did not shrink from the implication. "I believe that this is the way parliamentary democracy should be," he replied. "We should have as much discussion as possible, but we must in the end go ahead...
...terrain seems all but assured. As a result of the legislative changes, entrenched political tenure among members of the Liberal Democratic Party (L.D.P), so secure that it was handed on from father to son, is bound to crumble, and the number of political parties in the country will probably shrink from the current nine to two or three. Though corruption will surely not disappear, the current need for politicians to raise huge sums of under-the-table cash for re-election will diminish. Perhaps most important, the new system will help shift power from rural voters and rice-farming interests...
...back womb-to-tomb protection for workers and the jobless, for mothers and children, for pensioners, the sick and the disabled. Companies pressed by global competition are trimming benefits. The steadily expanding safety net that had been one of the Continent's proudest achievements is starting to shrink. As the Maastricht Treaty set the European Community on the road toward a single currency and harmonized social policies, citizens were worried that the new Europe might be a good deal less kind than...
...mail isn't the first innovation to shrink the world. The fax machine has expanded the potential for instant global communication. The fax, however, is used primarily for business, while e-mail is the basis of many casual relationships...