Word: drafts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fact that smoking causes lung cancer is so well established that only the tobacco companies still claim to have doubts. Now an Environmental Protection Agency review board, acting on a draft report produced within the agency, says nonsmokers are in danger as well. "Environmental tobacco smoke" -- better known as secondhand smoke -- inhaled by those who associate with smokers leads to about 3,000 cases of lung cancer a year in the U.S. and 300,000 cases of respiratory disease. Conclusion: secondhand smoke should be classified as a major carcinogen, which could lead to even stronger restrictions on smoking in public...
...Israelis are expected to concentrate on the big picture instead of trying to settle one issue at a time before moving to the next. They could draft an agreement in principle on the transfer of power to an interim government in the territories, then let working groups spell out the specifics. Palestinian negotiators would like this approach, and anticipate that Rabin's basic proposal for autonomy will be, in spokeswoman Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi's words, "much more comprehensive and serious" than Shamir's. But they are looking first for some tangible gestures to set the right tone: a complete brake...
...second spot recalls in lurid terms Gennifer Flowers' allegations about a 12-year love affair. "Get to know Bill Clinton the way Gennifer Flowers did," the voice-over promises viewers who call Brown's phone bank. Callers get 12 minutes of stale talk about sex, draft evasion and marijuana...
What do these allegations have to do with a person's fitness to serve as President? Though no one is accusing Perot of extramarital affairs or dodging the draft, the charges aired by his former IBM colleagues help define that elusive quality called character. Voters may in fact decide that they are not bothered by a candidate who uses his elbows in the rough-and-tumble world of business. But whether a candidate likes it or not, running for President opens him to wide-ranging scrutiny. The examination can be particularly painful for a newcomer like Perot...
...Lindros shoots a puck like a cannon and hits opponents like a freight train. As such, the 19-year-old Canadian junior and Olympic star qualifies as a franchise player, which is how at least three National Hockey League teams have treated him since he was the No. 1 draft selection in 1991. But Lindros, from Ontario, refused to play for the team that picked him, the league-lagging Quebec Nordiques, triggering a legal brawl that pitted the Philadelphia Flyers against the New York Rangers. An arbitrator ruled Philadelphia the winner, but at a hefty price. The Flyers will have...