Word: fears
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...declared that there will be a runoff vote, which will take place this Sunday. Meanwhile, Kostunica is contesting the new vote as undemocratic. He has urged Serbs to boycott the polls and flood the streets in protest. Some Western analysts have questioned the wisdom of this strategy. They fear that low voter turnout will enable Milosevic to declare a fraudulent victory after the second round...
...others have voiced complaints about the new system, saying they fear that shuttles near the top of the hour will be quickly filled, forcing students to walk...
...will be a little on edge until this whole election thing blows over. Wall Street, more than ever, is confused about this election. Gore is attracting support unusual for a Democrat as the techie representing the eight-year economic boom, while Bush's tax cut worries some investors who fear for the government's fiscal discipline. Yet Bush is still the pro-Big Business, anti-Big Government Republican in this traditionally GOP enclave, and he also happens to be Microsoft's best hope...
Scientists fear the Yanomami controversy could tarnish the reputation of anthropological research at a time when indigenous peoples are asserting their rights to restrict foreign scholars. But whatever the sins of past decades, the real issue is not the squabbles of academics. It is how to help save the Amazon's largest tribe from modern diseases and threats to their land. "The Yanomami have been in danger of extinction on a lot of fronts--from investigators, missionaries, government officials, miners," says Venezuelan anthropologist Nelly Arvelo. "Everyone must bear some responsibility...
...approved for human consumption had been discovered in Taco Bell's tacos. The corn, known as StarLink, contains a gene from a bacterium that makes the corn deadly to corn borers but not to cows. It was approved for use as cattle feed but not for human consumption, for fear it could trigger allergic reactions...