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...peace talks. Everyone felt the mood of deja vu, but this time the Muslims had to choose between taking what little they might get in a settlement now, or holding out for more -- and losing everything. Washington debated whether it could use a flash of air power to warn the Serbs away from Sarajevo without encouraging the Muslims to balk at signing an agreement. That was as much a sop to conscience as a calibrated military action, and, as usual, America and its allies could not agree on how much would be just right...
...gruesome sex crimes with the bold and much debated Community Protection Act, addressing sexually violent predators. Its most controversial provision -- that at the moment of their release, habitual, violent sexual offenders may be reincarcerated indefinitely for "treatment" -- did not apply to Gallardo. But another clause permits local authorities to warn of a former "predator's" arrival in town...
...sheriff's office decided to exercise that option. "This guy has got some real problems," says Woodall. "He's a threat to the neighborhood, and we want them to know." At a tense meeting, county officials could do little but advise parents to warn children about strangers. Of the fire, Woodall says, "This is the first time we've had someone break the law and burn down a house. Everybody's on a learning curve...
Even if all goes well, it could be years before orlistat gets FDA approval and goes on sale -- by prescription. Researchers warn that it has proved effective only when accompanied by significant changes in diet and exercise and just for a few months. It remains to be seen whether patients will have to stay on the drug indefinitely to maintain their weight loss, and whether some will undo the drug's modest benefits by eating more...
...individual creative act. For all its journalistic force, Silverlake Life seems to have been animated less by artistic than by therapeutic impulses: filmmaking was a way for Tom and Mark to cope with their grief. Which is not to deny the power of Silverlake Life, only to warn that television doesn't get any grimmer...