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...recoil at Kemp's proposal that the U.S. tie its currency to a gold standard; that could leave the nation's money vulnerable to actions by the world's two largest gold producers, the a Soviet Union and South Africa. A return to the gold standard, warn some monetarists, could limit the Government's ability to control the money supply and trigger a deflation as crippling as that suffered in the Great Depression...
...Critics warn of a threat from unchecked tourism...
...number of leading fertility researchers warn that until large-scale scientific tests can provide evidence that sex-selection techniques work, consumers had best beware. "With all of today's sophistication about reproduction, the biology of sex selection remains a mystery," observes Elizabeth Whelan, director of the American Council on Science and Health, a consumer-education group, and author of Boy or Girl?, a 1977 book on sex selection. "Ericsson may be on to something," she allows, "but he hasn't proved it yet." -By Claudia Wallis...
...nation gets sucked up in the high tech craze, it is becoming clear that something is wrong--dangerously wrong. Many experts warn that the accidents experienced thus far by workers in the computer and silicon chip industries are only the tip of the iceberg. The reason for this gloom: the government has not adequately monitored high tech companies, and it shows no signs of starting to do so. And the companies themselves are using more and more toxic chemicals in the production of technology...
...French." Actually, "en garde "is part of the universal language. The man was really bewildered by a melee onstage, which caused a row of black ties to depart. "Ladies and gentlemen," said Pierre Baston, the bilingual commentator, "the directorat technique is now adjourning to decide the point. I must warn you that such decisions have been known to take hours. I would make myself comfortable...