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...showing that voters overwhelmingly favor the President's agenda, that they don't care about his sex life and that they don't want him to leave office. But you can hardly blame Democrats for being unconvinced that any of this matters to them. "About a million gallons of toxic waste have been dumped on the soil," says a senior Democratic aide on Capitol Hill. "Yeah, you're measuring the groundwater right now, but that stuff's seeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is There A Way Out? | 9/28/1998 | See Source »

...currently working to improve education, the environment and elderly affairs in the city and voted in favor of a bill to clean up toxic waste sites...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Incumbent State Reps. Hope to Avoid Upset by Youthful Challengers | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

Remember the Raybestos Corporation that built our neighborhood baseball field out of a mix of soil and asbestos--a toxic concoction that caused cancer in many of my friends. Remember my shock when I learned years later that Raybestos had known the dangers all along yet never warned us as we were grabbing our gloves for a pick-up game. Remember the outrage which prompted me to dedicate my life to protecting working families from irresponsible institutions. Remember...

Author: By John P. Oconnor, | Title: Drawing Power From the People | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

...there are substantial differences. While most candidates are pitching themselves as "fighters," I have actually gone to Washington and fought to get a piece of legislation through Congress--the landmark Superfund law which paid for the clean-up of toxic waste sites all across the nation...

Author: By John P. Oconnor, | Title: Drawing Power From the People | 9/8/1998 | See Source »

...problem with both books is that they tend to rely on an oversimplified view of boys and their caretakers. On the whole, do we really see boys, as both claim, as toxic? Are we really surprised by Pollack's declaration that boys feel? Is it indeed a "well-kept secret," as his study finds, that boys count girls among their closest friends? Most important, do most mothers really thrust their young sons out into the world unprotected? And if so, might they be doing the same with their girls? Oddly, the hard evidence for this key thesis is absent from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is It More Than Boys Being Boys? | 7/20/1998 | See Source »

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