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...every so often, one of these low-pressure systems, its winds spinning slowly counterclockwise, starts to strengthen-and that's when the trouble can begin. During late summer and fall, broad swaths of subtropical ocean can reach temperatures of 80øF or more. The warm, humid air above the ocean surface would tend to rise anyway, and when a low-pressure region drifts by, it's like taking the lid off a steaming pot. The air rushes upward, dumping its moisture and energy, which forces the winds to whirl ever faster. Meanwhile, down at the surface, more warm air rushes...
...speech concluded by noting that the citycan strengthen its commitment to human serviceswithout increasing its reliance on federal fundsby luring tourists and broadening its tax base
...could be a free market bazaar that would -- asbill author Sen. Larry Pressler(R-S.D.) predicted today -- "result inlower telephone rates, lower cable rates and more servicesto the American public." But a leading opponent, Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), warned that such swift and massive deregulation would only strengthen telecommunications giants.TIME's Suneel Ratansays the bill constitutes a grand, laissez-faire experiment with a $700 billion industry. The result may be more choice and cheaper service, but of a different sort, says Ratan -- "like when shopping malls replace downtown stores: you have more choice, but it's the same...
Women who take estrogen after menopause have a 46 percentgreater risk of breast cancer, according to a new report in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. An increasing number of doctors are giving the hormone to older women because ofits ability to strengthen bones and ward off heart trouble. But the new findings suggest such benefits may come at a steep price. Several earlier studies had indicated a link between estrogen and breast cancer, butthis is the largest survey yet, based on results from the Nurses Health Study, which has followed 121,700 women nurses since 1972. While...
Meeting with his NATO counterparts in the Netherlands, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev committed his nation to expanded military and political exchanges with the West. "NATO is no longer the enemy of Russia," proclaimed NATO Secretary-General Willy Claes. As part of the informal agreement to strengthen ties, the foreign ministers of Russia and NATO countries will meet regularly and work toward greater cooperation in areas such as peacekeeping and curbing thesmuggling of nuclear material. Claes said such cooperation "will bring more stability, more guarantees for peace in Central and Eastern Europe...