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These clinical scientists are now hypothesizing that this simple organic molecule may ward off cancer and heart disease by scooping up charged oxygen atoms, dangerous particles which wreak havoc as they roam through the body's circulatory system...
...deficit reduction this year, most of the participants from both parties assumed at first that the Department of Defense would have to accept major spending cuts. But then came the gulf conflict, and the hoped- for peace dividend began to fade. Budget summiteers made an implicit agreement not to wreak hardship on the military. In the end, the budget resolution set Pentagon spending for fiscal 1991 at $288.3 billion, a reduction of $19 billion from the President's request...
Because they are fewer in number, today's young adults have the power to wreak havoc in the workplace. Companies are discovering that to win the best talent, they must cater to a young work force that is considered overly sensitive at best and lazy at worst. During the next several years, employers will have to double their recruiting efforts. According to American Demographics, the pool of entry-level workers 16 to 24 will shrink about 500,000 a year through 1995, to 21 million. These youngsters are starting to use their bargaining power to get more of what they...
While most of the errors are trivial or benign, others can wreak havoc. For the most part, people remain blissfully unaware of the problems until, like $ me, they are mysteriously stripped of a credit card or rejected for a loan. Says M.E. Buckner, president of Informative Research, a mortgage-credit- reporting company in Anaheim, Calif.: "There are mistakes in the system, and we have mechanisms to correct them, but you correct the system only when a consumer complains...
Angry conservationists are predicting that tanks, planes and infantrymen will wreak havoc with the environment. Ranchers fear the destruction of prime grazing land. But because only two of the 19 proposed land acquisitions require congressional approval, the Pentagon is likely to prevail. Declares Minnesota Congressman Bruce Vento: "They're going to listen to the public, but in the end they'll do what they want...