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Bush has an even bigger problem getting John Tower confirmed as Defense Secretary. Initially, it looked as if the Armed Services Committee would ultimately observe protocol: the President's nominee does not have to be someone the committee members would choose, just someone they can stomach. "Ironbutt," as Tower was known in the Senate for his imperious ways and wait-'em-out negotiating style, would never win a popularity contest. Nevertheless, the hearings started out as a love fest, with the former chair of the committee receiving a round of applause at the end of his first day of testimony...
Within days, the rebel offer had achieved what may have been one of its principal objectives: a division between Duarte and the U.S. Government. Gravely ill with stomach and liver cancer and legally barred from seeking another term, Duarte was caught off balance. He rejected the F.M.L.N. proposal to push back the election date as unconstitutional, telling a press conference, "It's not a plan for peace. It's a plan...
According to the student, one of men yelled at him to stop walking and--when he didn't stop--ran up to him and kicked him in the stomach. The other three assailants followed their leader and also struck the surrounded student, he said. "They got a few nice whacks in," he added...
...bone density that seems to reverse the effects of spinal osteoporosis. The treatment relies on sodium fluoride, the chemical used by dentists to strengthen teeth and in toothpaste to prevent cavities. When the drug was tested years ago as a treatment for osteoporosis, it produced severe side effects like stomach bleeding, and while the fluoride caused bones to thicken, they were still easily broken. But the Texas researchers tried giving patients slow-dissolving fluoride pills that released the drug only after leaving the stomach. The fluoride was administered intermittently and with a calcium compound so that the new bone would...
Presz dove on his stomach and slid through the slot to tip a Tod Hartje pass just left of SLU goalie Les Kuntar, giving Harvard a 1-0 lead in the first period. It was the first of two goals for Presz, who combined with Hartje for another tally in the third period...