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...response? It "called the study 'unfortunate' and wrote that 'it has it has expended considerable government resources and has not assisted us one whit in our personnel security program." (Boston Globe, 10/29.) Though all current evidence points to the contrary, the military refuses to change its policy denying the worth and attacking the abilities of such a significant portion of our student body...
Still, the technique may be worth the trouble for those who oppose abortion but not IVF. The procedure may also appeal to mothers traumatized by past abortions. With current genetic tests, a pregnant woman waits nine weeks after conception before genetic analysis. With prefertilization testing, however, the parents could theoretically know from the start that their child has healthy genes...
...MERCHANT OF VENICE. Dustin Hoffman plays Shylock, warts and all, in a shimmering Broadway production transferred intact from a sold-out London run. A tough ticket worth every penny and every minute of the wait...
Lawmakers who retire after 1993 will also be forbidden to transfer campaign contributions into personal funds; such transfers can total hundreds of thousands of dollars. Congressmen will not be allowed to accept gifts worth more than $200, and where some members now spend several weeks or more on expenses-paid voyages around the globe, their paid junkets will be limited to four days in the U.S. and seven overseas. It was the most extensive revision of ethics rules in more than a decade...
...Warner agreed to release Guber, 47, and Peters, 44, from a five-year contract, thereby permitting Sony to hire the pair to run Columbia Pictures Entertainment, which the Japanese firm is acquiring for $3.4 billion. In return, Sony ceded entertainment assets to Warner Bros. that analysts estimated could be worth between $400 million and $600 million. "Sony has paid the most extraordinary price in history for management talent," said Alex Ben Block, editor in chief of the industry newsletter Show Biz News...