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...crew told me it was like driving Dad's car. You learn the basics after a week. After three months, a sailor should be proficient enough so the diving officer doesn't constantly have to prompt. Dad's car, however, didn't weigh 17,000 tons. The sub responded sluggishly when I moved the wheel. I also had to steer three-dimensionally. The wheel not only turned left and right, but to point the boat down or up, I had to push the wheel in or pull it to my chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels...
...deciding what cuts will be included, it would have been nice to have Clinton as a voice to set the debate on what kind of cuts should be made within that $1.6 trillion. As one key Senate aide told me, "The liberals would have liked for Clinton to weigh in, but he can't. Tactically, the Republicans have neutered...
...Ross was the first target. In July, 1995, an Israeli foreign ministry official gave him a briefing paper asking the State Department to weigh in with DOJ. Ross responded later that summer: he decided not to get involved in the issue...
...trigger" question, well, it all depends on what pulls the trigger - economic woes or higher spending. Greenspan went back and forth, back and forth, and finally left the pros and cons for Congress to weigh. To which Dodd, pink and shaking with laughter, replied, "Some of my friends are for A, some of my friends are for B, I'm for my friends - is that pretty much what you're saying...
...these breakthroughs have not happened yet. But as Potrykus sees it, there is no question that agricultural biotechnology can be harnessed for the good of humankind. The only question is whether there is the collective will to do so. The answer may well emerge as the people of Asia weigh the future of golden rice...