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...have spooked the Serbian leader, Clinton for the first time last week reserved the right to send in ground troops. Two days later, NATO Commander Clark visited the Pentagon to push for deployment of the 50,000 ground troops, trying to make sure they'd be there before the snow flies. But Italy and Greece called for a bombing pause before addressing the ground-troops issue...
...altered food crop, the "FlavrSavr" tomato, there are all manner of brave new foods on the way: beans and grains with more protein, caffeine-less coffee beans, strawberries packed with more natural sugars, and potatoes that soak up less fat during frying. At last count, says plant ecologist Allison Snow of Ohio State University, field trials have been conducted for some 50 gene-spliced food plants, including squash, melons, carrots, onions, peppers, apples and papayas...
...remains of George Mallory, the Briton who 75 years ago died in his attempt to be first to climb the world?s highest mountain, has returned from its search -- and is split about whether Mallory succeeded. Although the team did find the explorer?s frozen remains in the snow -- including several letters, goggles, and other personal effects -- they did not find the body of his climbing partner, Andrew Irvine, nor the object they dearly hoped to find: a Kodak camera, which might have yielded photos of the pair at the summit...
...TRAVELER(S)/STARTED] Oral Champlin and Dick Snow April 1, 1999 [MODE] Covered wagon [EXPECT(S) TO TRAVEL] 30 miles a day for 105 days [THE CAUSE? None (they're just visiting relatives) PREPARATION] Rebuilt the tops of two old wagons...
LIFESAVER Back-country skiers, snowboarders and mountaineers who get buried in avalanches will soon have a new way to stay alive while waiting to be rescued. The AvaLung by Black Diamond Equipment ($200, available in September) is a special mesh vest designed to keep snow from melting around the face and freezing into a deadly ice mask. A tube filters fresh air into the wearer's mouth and then channels warm, moist, exhaled air safely out the back...