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Rabies is harder to spot than many people think; its carriers do not always appear to be crazed and menacing. In fact, they may seem tame or merely sick, inviting kindly passersby to make the potentially fatal error of coming to their aid. A bite or scratch is not absolutely necessary: two victims have picked up rabies in caves from breathing air contaminated by infected bats...
...return to the pre-January policy of asking recruits their sexual orientation, his bill left that option open to some future Defense Secretary "as he considers appropriate." Said a Pentagon official who earlier described Nunn's hearings as "nibbling" away at the Administration version: "He just took another bite of the apple...
...Hatch's actions in the hearings have been puzzling. His questions about Ginsburg's unclear stand on Roe v. Wade have been sharp and unyielding, but his vote seems still to reside with the nominee. However, he might try to repudiate those vile rumors of conciliation by readying a bite to accompany his tiresome bark...
...ECONOMY: Who Feels the Bite...
They take in $55,000 annually, of which $14,000 comes from Social Security. Under current law, only $5,500 of the benefits is subject to taxation. But the House wants $9,350 to be taxable, increasing their IRS bill $578. The Senate raises the tax bite only $158. Their energy-tax bill will go up $59 under the Senate plan and $141 in the House bill. Total impact: taxes up $217 (Senate) to $719 (House...