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Braude wants to establish an Office of Constituent Services and change the way the city's mayor is elected so that voters elect a strong mayor, discarding the current city manager-led system Cambridge follows...
...vision gave rise to an obsession. "Some people collect stamps; others play golf," he explains. "I studied sperm." With no scientific or medical training, Schou set out to make himself an expert, poring over the scientific literature and consulting specialists about different methods for freezing sperm. His goal: to establish "the best sperm bank in the world...
...assault on the U.S. market is not in the cards; further expansion in Europe is more likely. Before its Czech purchases, SAB established itself in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Russia. A top brand like Pilsner Urquell, say industry insiders, will reinforce SAB's No. 1 position in the region and eventually give it the edge over Heineken in Germany as well. But rival Anheuser-Busch has little cause for concern. Although the St. Louis-based giant had expressed an interest in bidding for Nomura's Czech brewing interests, Eastern Europe is "not a priority region for our international development...
...ongoing battle forged by businesses and private citizens to establish a cyberspace Bill of Rights, big steps were taken last week toward the inclusion of a meaningful "freedom of encryption" clause. After months of empty promises and fierce negotiations, the Clinton administration finally announced that it would scale back its restrictions on the exportation of encryption software. The move was met with tentative approval by computer industry leaders and privacy-advocate groups alike, who feel the government still needs to direct its attention inward and begin removing some of the more cumbersome domestic encryption regulations...
...from the 1930s is a charming, if mechanically obsolete, relic. On the other hand, a technology developed 70 years ago to establish levels of tar and nicotine in cigarettes is still in use in federal laboratories - and determines the ingredient labels on today's cigarettes. And as a report in this week's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute contends, that creaky cigarette "smoking machine" may be responsible for the dissemination of serious consumer misinformation. Why do smokers still believe they are "healthier" when they smoke Marlboro Lights as opposed to Reds? Because the Federal Trade Commission...