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...most measures, the early performance of the federal department in charge of protecting the nation's health in the face of its first bioterrorism attack was not reassuring, mostly because Thompson, the former Governor of Wisconsin, has sometimes seemed utterly overtaken by events. His early statements that the government was prepared to deal with any biological emergency never squared with the facts. In a conversation with TIME, he admitted that his new position was nothing like what he had imagined it would be. "When I was asked to take this job," he says, "I never expected I was going...
...reporting on gas masks, vaccines and disaster kits made many of you feel that we added unnecessarily to people's jitters about biological attacks. "Not only are you helping fuel hysteria," complained a Wisconsin man, "but you are promoting the flawed logic that if you have enough money, you can keep your family safe." From San Antonio, a Texan warned, "Sensational journalism does little more than cause inevitable panic buying and doomsday fears." A Nebraskan declared, "Gas masks won't help against an anthrax attack," and urged TIME to "stop scaring people and tell us how to protect the country...
...sole dissenting vote in the Senate came from Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold. "This bill does not strike the right balance between empowering law enforcement and protecting civil liberties," he argued. But while Feingold?s anxieties were echoed among some civil libertarian groups, consensus for the bill is very strong, including among traditionally left-leaning senators like California?s Dianne Feinstein and Patrick Leahy of Vermont...
Once the team settled into form, they were able to pull away from collegiate rivals Wisconsin and Brown...
...Wisconsin clearly placed first and they are setting the standard,” said Radcliffe lightweight coach Cecile Tucker. “Princeton probably didn’t have their best race today, but they are always a force to contend with. MIT has been doing a great...