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...last year a study conducted by anthropologists William Jankowiak of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and Edward Fischer of Tulane University found evidence of romantic love in at least 147 of the 166 cultures they studied. This discovery, if borne out, should pretty well wipe out the idea that love is an invention of the Western mind rather than a biological fact. Says Jankowiak: "It is, instead, a universal phenomenon, a panhuman characteristic that stretches across cultures. Societies like ours have the resources to show love through candy and flowers, but that does not mean that the lack...
...that opponents of the treaty might mobilize and prevent it from ever going into effect. The same is true in spades for the GATT talks, which already have dragged on for six years; many experts believe it is now or never. The fundamental problem is that freer trade will wipe out tens of thousands of jobs in noncompetitive U.S. industries like apparel and glassware -- but pushing too hard to protect U.S. interests could torpedo agreements that would give a long-range boost to fully competitive industries...
RONALD REAGAN PLEDGED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET by 1984. Congress, in the first, 1985, version of the Gramm-Rudman Act, promised to wipe out the deficit by 1990. Bill Clinton in last year's campaign merely proposed to cut red ink in half in four years. But if his vow was more modest, it was not, apparently, any more realistic than -- well, George Bush's prediction three years ago of a balance by fiscal 1993. In fact, Bush's final budget reveals that during his Administration the deficit nearly doubled, rising to an expected $327.3 billion in fiscal...
...Soviet Union has greatly reduced the threat of nuclear annihilation, and the prime danger has shifted from missiles raining on Washington and Moscow to nuclear proliferation or the nuclear capability being built by states like North Korea and Iran. Still, the START II treaty will in effect wipe out decades of an escalating arms race by reducing the number of U.S. and Russian warheads to the levels of the 1960s and 1970s. It is an accomplishment that any President, American or Russian, can view with pride...
...came out of each game learning something, even though our record didn't indicate how strong we are," Delaney Smith said. "I was pleased with the team's play, and this weekend, we're going to wipe the slate clean and get ready for the Ivies...