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One possible substitute for some uses of polystyrene comes straight from nature. To replace the plastic-foam pellets that are used to protect delicate merchandise during shipping, at least two companies in California are trying to market a biodegradable, in fact edible, alternative: popcorn. The drawbacks are that it is...
The strike flared from a minor dispute that swiftly escalated amid long- standing tensions between the News and its unions, which represent most of the paper's 2,700 employees. After a supervisor ordered a worker with a medical disability to stand up on the job last month, a group...
Senate Republican leader Bob Dole has two builders of small aircraft, Cessna and Beech, in his state of Kansas. They employ 12,300 people and contribute more than $1 billion to the state's economy. Thus when a 10% tax on the purchase of all small planes was proposed, Dole...
In the Persian Gulf, the U.S. has the dubious honor of being virtually by itself in the front line. There is simply no substitute for American leadership: for the time being, the U.S. stands alone in the global power category.
But military intervention is not the only U.S. option. Bush, in his belief that there is "no substitute for American leadership," remains mired in the Cold War mentality he thought he was getting beyond, a mentality in which the options are invade or ignore.