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According to Ogata, military intervention in domestic crises can create instability, necessitating the type of intervention her organization offers...

Author: By Benjamin P. Solomon-schwartz, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: UN Refugee Official Urges Peaceful Action | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

Apparently, the place needed "seamless Corian countertops." That boosted the price 17%. And then there's the dishwasher that does a load in 90 seconds. It cost $4,717. Installation of the dishwasher incurred an additional $12,479. "Justification for this type of dishwasher," the auditors noted, "was not documented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Military | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...want to be a pie guy. On Monday, when asked if he's going to date strippers, Howard, who had promised to have sex with every floozy he ever met the moment his wife died, said, "Obviously, I'm not the type who goes out with bimbos." On Wednesday, he didn't show up for work. Spanking, it seems, is less fun when temptation is replaced by reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to Stern | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...problem is, the "cure" for cancer is not going to show up anytime soon--almost certainly not in the next decade. In fact, there may never be a single cure, one drug that will bring every cancer patient back to glowing good health, in part because every type of cancer, from brain to breast to bowel, is different...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Will We Cure Cancer? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

Scientists have found a type of bacterium that is virtually indestructible. It's called Deinococcus radiodurans ("terrible berry that survives radiation"). This bug can live in a blast of gamma rays that is the equivalent of thousands of lethal human doses--radiation so strong it cracks glass. Scientists have found "dead" radiodurans spores in Antarctica that have baked in UV light for 100 years. Yet when placed in a nutrient bath, the bug's DNA reassembles itself and proliferates. If radiodurans genes could be put into anthrax, they might produce an anthrax that's virtually impossible to kill. From...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What New Things Are Going To Kill Me? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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