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Some officials agree that records should be labeled to warn parents if a song is blatantly offensive, as many are these days. On the flip side, others complain that rating systems are too subjective. Warner Bros.' Bob Merlis says Elvis Presley could have been stamped with an X for promoting bondage and sadism in (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear. In that 1957 classic, the King cooed, "Put a chain around my neck and lead me anywhere." LABOR RELATIONS Of Pride and Protectionism...
...Lamm's own state is likely to need more water by the end of the century. Congress has funded parts of an ongoing $1.2 billion reclamation project in Utah that would involve the Colorado's water. Since the river's harvest is fixed, and already overal-located, experts warn that the only way to accommodate these and other projects is through planning and austerity. In dry days to come, Arizona's new canals may prove to be the Colorado River basin's last big splurge. --By William R. Doerner. Reported by Richard Woodbury/Phoenix and Robert C. Wurmstedt/Denver
Most doctors endorse home tests as monitoring tools but warn they should not be used without periodic office checkups. A report by Research & Forecasts, an opinion-survey firm, on blood-pressure monitors showed that 75% of doctors surveyed thought such units would aid in the fight against hypertension. Says John Ballin, director of drugs and technology for the American Medical Association: "The medical profession applauds these products as a positive step in preventive medicine...
...synod, Ratzinger and his allies are expected to warn that the church is endangered by being too immersed in worldly matters. Father Edward Schillebeeckx, a liberal theologian in the Netherlands, whose theology has been investigated by the doctrinal commission, predicts that there will be attacks against Ratzinger at the synod because, he says dryly, "it is always easier to voice criticism to a cardinal than to a Pope." The Pontiff does not necessarily share all of Ratzinger's views. During an August plane trip returning from Africa, John Paul told reporters that Ratzinger's plea for reconstruction is "his personal...
...chief of the U.S. Strategic Air Force, ordering that the city be bombed; a large photo of the A-bomb known as "Little Boy," looking like a sea mammal in profile; messages of resolve or condolence from distinguished visitors; leaflets dropped by the Americans in early August 1945 that warned of some general disaster but not of the A-bomb specifically. "The Americans did warn Nagasaki about the Bomb, but not Hiroshima," says Kawamoto. "It made no difference anyway. Our military ordered the people not to read any of the leaflets, so none of our citizens knew what was coming...