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Ingested or inhaled, lead enters the bloodstream, where it inhibits the production of hemoglobin, which red cells need to carry oxygen. It also locks on to essential enzymes in the brain and nervous system, inactivating them. Symptoms of lead poisoning include abdominal pains, muscular weakness and fatigue; severe exposure can...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Controlling A Childhood Menace | 2/25/1991 | See Source »

The Solarz story underscores the Democratic Party's fatal vulnerability on national security issues. In opposing the force resolution in Congress last month, the Democrats took a tremendous political risk. Should the Gulf War prove successful, they will once again be susceptible to familiar charges of naivete and weakness that...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: The War Will Hurt the Democrats | 2/20/1991 | See Source »

But what may have seemed then like the most cautious approach was a serious miscalculation. The public will probably interpret the Democrats' calls for patience and prudence as signs of weakness and indecision. Whatever its merits, the sanctions policy would only have postponed the tough decisions that the president, and...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: The War Will Hurt the Democrats | 2/20/1991 | See Source »

Hall says that the consistent weakness of the department is a function of the University's traditions of hiring rather than of purposeful scheming on the part of administrators. "There are people who feel that purposeful neglect led to the decline of the department. But I believe it could have...

Author: By Roger G. Kuo, | Title: The Troubled History of Afro-Am | 2/4/1991 | See Source »

SAUDI ARABIA AND THE GULF STATES. Once Saddam is defeated -- assuming he is -- the Saudis and their gulf neighbors will enjoy only momentary relief. Saddam's easy conquest of Kuwait showed how vulnerable Saudi Arabia is to aggression, a weakness that must be redressed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Consequences: What Kind of Peace? | 1/28/1991 | See Source »

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