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...think that by helping the weak you aregoing to weaken the strong, that's a lot ofgarbage," he said

Author: By Jennifer Y. Hyman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cuomo Discusses American Obsession With Money | 4/21/1999 | See Source »

...achieve its ends of protecting the Albanian population, NATO must be able to weaken Yugoslavia's will faster than the Yugoslav Army can expel civilians. Those far outside of the military cannot possibly estimate the true effectiveness of the bombing or by how much the expulsions have been slowed. However, if bombardment from the air can no longer work faster than the ethnic-cleansers on the ground, the strategy needs reexamination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mess in the Balkans | 4/20/1999 | See Source »

Nonetheless, such a plan would be extremely dangerous; just like the export restrictions, it would weaken individuals' privacy without hurting criminals. A key escrow law would be very difficult to enforce, since lawbreakers could always use the products already widespread before the restrictions. Whether the third parties involved in this system could be trusted would always be a matter of faith...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, | Title: Big Brother Wants a Decoder Ring | 4/14/1999 | See Source »

...didn't question was Rezulin's immense promise. In most folks, insulin (a substance produced in the pancreas) helps ferry blood sugar into cells, where it is used for energy. But for the 15 million or so Americans with Type II diabetes, cells resist insulin's entry; eventually they weaken and die. Traditional treatments involve boosting the amount of insulin available to the cells. But these can have side effects, and for some people they don't work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Close Call for a Diabetes Drug | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...Thomas were conservatives unlikely to help women's causes in any real way--in that sense, they were fair game for attack. Clinton, on the other hand, is ostensibly "on our side" as a proponent of abortion rights, child care and equal pay. To attack him would be to weaken the standing of an "advocate" in the fight for woman's rights. I understand the argument...

Author: By Susannah B. Tobin, | Title: That Was Then, This Is NOW | 3/4/1999 | See Source »

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