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Dukakis also encouraged students to participate in state and local government, calling it more enjoyable than national politics...
Though the department has no reason to think the genetically altered products are unsafe, the secretary is well aware that even in the United States there is rising consumer concern about how such foods may affect the environment. ?The government is doing this to provide an additional piece of safety evidence and to show that the Europeans are making a false argument,? says TIME senior economic reporter Bernard Baumohl. The fact is, reports Baumohl, that no country in the world is as advanced as the U.S. in the field of biotechnology. The Europeans are at least five years behind...
...sent warships to the region after China shot a handful missiles into the ocean just off Taiwan?s shore. For now, the U.S. seems prepared to let Lee have his fun without joining in ? especially in the middle of talks over the Chinese embassy bombing. The State Department quickly declared that the "One China" stopgap was still on. "This is tricky for the U.S.," says Dowell. "They want to support Taiwan?s democratic government and capitalist economy, but this is so dear to China?s heart that jumping in would be very bad for relations." To calm them down...
...Portable state-of-the-art medical equipment, sophisticated planes and modern computer links have made this medical mission possible," says TIME senior writer Jeffrey Kluger, "but it is only the intrepidness of the jet crew and the woman that will make it work." The woman, in particular, faces huge challenges. If a biopsy is called for, says Kluger, "she may have to do things herself that would make anyone skittish." These could include inserting a needle into her own breast tissue, staining the cells and interpreting the results. "These are things that would be hard enough to go through...
...fire tore through the passenger cabin of a ValuJet DC-9, the airplane plunged straight down into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people aboard. On Tuesday, Florida prosecutors moved to criminalize the conclusions of air safety investigators: Improperly packaged oxygen canisters ignited the fire that caused the crash. State prosecutors charged the maintenance company, SabreTech, with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, both felonies, because of what they alleged was the unlawful transportation of hazardous waste. A separate federal indictment charged three employees with conspiracy to cover up the problem that led to the accident...