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Long considered a fringe political organization, the Libertarian Party has slowly built a base of support over the last 25 years and is on the threshold of becoming a mojor political force. Although the Libertarians were denied a role in the 1996 presidential debates by the debates commission, party members -- with the support of such newspapers as The Wall Street Journal -- may soon have the chance to participate...
...severe bleaching episode killed 95% of the corals off the Galapagos Islands. Global warming could also trigger more intense hurricanes, scientists fear. And while healthy reefs would no doubt recuperate from the pummeling, sick reefs might not. "What we worry about," says Smithsonian marine biologist Nancy Knowlton, "is a threshold effect, when so much stress piles up that all of a sudden the floor falls through...
...record (outside of Maris' seemingly unreachable single season record of 61 dingers) was broken this year. More people hit 20, 30, or 40 homers than ever before. The Baltimore Orioles broke the Yankees' team record of 240 homers in a season. An ERA of four, once considered the threshold of mediocrity, was good enough this year to place a pitcher amongst the AL's elite hurlers...
...which is rich in cells that release the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, the trigger for human fight-or-flight response. This primal alarm system has obvious survival value--useful for fleeing man-eating tigers and such. But in patients with panic disorder, it appears to kick in at too low a threshold...
...Secretary of State James Baker, had also been reviewed. Though the FBI file probe will just be one facet of Starr's sprawling investigation, which stretches from Washington to Arkansas, it may ultimately prove to be the most damaging to the White House, says Carney. "People have reached their threshold on Whitewater and barring any truly new developments, like criminal accusations against the Clintons, it won't likely move voters in November. The FBI is potentially a bigger issue, because it invokes concepts that everyone can relate to: invasion of privacy and abuse of federal power." -->