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...United States has already made a unilateral commitment not to test nuclear weapons--we have not conducted a nuclear test since 1992. In light of this commitment, we have little reason not to sign on to a treaty preventing other nations from building new arsenals. The logic of a test ban was recognized 40 years ago by former president Dwight D. Eisenhower when he called for a treaty ending nuclear tests: because no arsenal can be developed without testing the components, a test ban would be a perhaps insurmountable barrier to any would-be nuclear power...
Others worry that rogue nations would violate a test ban treaty, conducting surreptitious tests and building their arsenals while the world lay complacent. This argument is frivolous. The treaty calls for a global network of sensitive seismic monitoring stations that would detect any nuclear test large enough to be militarily useful. If, indeed, the Chinese government did steal secrets from our nation's nuclear laboratories, only a ban on testing could prevent those secrets from being put to use. Furthermore, any illicit testing that the treaty's enforcement provisions would miss could certainly occur (and undoubtedly would) if the treaty...
This time, President Clinton may not even snatch defeat from the jaws of humiliation. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott indicated late Monday that Senate Republicans would postpone Tuesday's vote on the nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but only if the President lets the matter lie for the duration of his term. And National Security Council Adviser Sandy Berger told the New York Times the administration could live with the condition that it scrap the treaty, which had been designated among the foreign policy priorities of Clinton's second term. In the end, the White House found Capitol Hill simply unwilling...
...nerve, and delivers the "feel good" or "I?m full" message to the brain every few minutes. While the precise connection between the treatment and the emotional or physical response remains a mystery to scientists, this treatment could hold real promise: The Associated Press reports that one severely depressed test subject was up and laughing on the day he received his implant...
...This is very interesting technology, although it?s actually a more elegant version of techniques that have been used to treat depression for decades," says TIME medical writer Christine Gorman. Promising initial results aside, there are some risks to the stimulator: One severely depressed test subject became manic for a short time after the initial implant; fortunately, the patient?s mood returned to a normal ? and happy ? state after doctors adjusted the electric input. Another potential problem: The implant could be abused by patients trying to lose weight; canine test subjects lost up to one third of their body weight...