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...Would I prefer a world in which there was less divorce?" asks Larry Bumpass, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin. "The answer is an obvious yes. Do I think that it is a realistic policy objective? The answer is no." He contends that the antidivorce movement isn't a genuine movement at all but a think tank-inspired pseudoissue. He points to the role being played by organizations like the Institute for American Values and its offshoot, the Council on Families. "They have a very explicit objective of getting these issues on the national-policy debate. I can tell...
DeFOREST, Wisconsin: Move over, Dolly. Make way for Gene, a six-month-old calf a biotechnology company says it created using a new cloning technique...
DeFOREST, Wisconsin: Move over, Dolly. Make way for Gene, a six-month-old calf a biotechnology company says it created using a new cloning technique...
...legislators, reflecting widespread public exasperation, want NASA to consider bringing Foale home next month, rather than letting him complete his scheduled four-month stint. And they want the agency to re-evaluate whether astronaut Wendy Lawrence, due to replace Foale in September, should go up at all. Says Wisconsin Republican James Sensenbrenner Jr., chairman of the House Science Committee: "Astronauts are sent up to Mir to do scientific work, not crisis management...
...Second Harvest study blames the increases on the onset of state and federal welfare reform. Virginia, Michigan and Wisconsin food pantries reported increases; all three passed welfare-reform laws during the past two years. But the decline in middle-income jobs may be culpable as well. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows some of the largest gains in job growth among the lowest-paying categories. Poquoson, Va., resident Tim Strickland, 39, makes $25,000 a year. But last year he hurt his back and temporarily left his job as a water-treatment-plant operator. "I was living penny by penny...