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...Clinton that would be a scary sight, given the big hopes the Administration once had. But in a TIME/CNN poll taken Aug. 17-18, less than half of those surveyed said it was important for Congress to reform the health-care system this year. Only 28% said they were confident that Washington would produce a worthwhile plan. So nothing -- or almost nothing -- may be a political advantage to whoever does it. As the man most identified with the call to action, Clinton has been brooding privately about how Americans seem to have lost their enthusiasm for wide-ranging health-care...
From high atop a massive bald rock called the Voltzberg, visitors to Suriname can look in awe at the same sight that greeted explorer Sir Walter Raleigh 400 years ago: an emerald forest that seemingly stretches to infinity in all directions. Even though the world has 11 times as many humans as it did in Raleigh's day, the north coast of South America still contains one of the largest unbroken tracts of tropical forest left in the world. Fewer than 50,000 people live in a natural kingdom larger than California that encompasses nearly all of Suriname, Guyana...
...sense of deja vu. Once again, despite their efforts, the epidemic is galloping ahead: from 14 million people infected worldwide in 1993 to 17 million today. Once again, disappointing results have led U.S. researchers to postpone large-scale trials of experimental vaccines. Once again, a cure is nowhere in sight...
...eclipsed. Five marquee-idol sluggers (Matt Williams, Ken Griffey, Frank Thomas, Barry Bonds and Albert Belle) were all on target to hit more than 50 home runs. Tony Gwynn -- the last star left in San Diego as the cash-starved Padres traded off their high-priced talent -- was in sight of the holy grail of a Ted Williams-style .400 batting average. How quickly a magical season was transformed into a haunting gallery of might-have-beens...
...Wahconah has to deal with a delightful idiosyncrasy. In 1919 Wahconah was laid out with day baseball in mind. Home plate faces west -- precisely the wrong direction for Mets games that now begin at 7 p.m. As the sun slips toward the horizon, it slides into the line of sight between pitcher and batter. This is the only instance in organized baseball when an umpire can be accused, without rebuttal, of being blind. But more to the point, the batter too is blinded. At that juncture the umpire decrees a sun delay, and sunny songs issue forth from the park...