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...snow; the more solid-brown worms, the less snow. But if more worms are black on the ends and brown in the middle, that means winter will "start and end hard," Lane says, while brown ends and a black middle mean a mild fall and early spring but a harsh midwinter. Each fog forming in August foretells a measurable snowfall. Thick corn shucks also mean a cold winter. The last three days of January portend weather for the next three months, and thunder in February means there will be a frost 90 days later...
...time for Clinton and Congress to make a deal. In exchange for dropping impeachment proceedings, the President would agree to wear Sam Donaldson's toupee for the remainder of his term. Harsh, perhaps, but it should satisfy fair-minded people, and will definitely curtail Clinton's romantic appeal. KEVIN MEEHAN Washington...
Enter Iran. Competing for the "most holy Islamic nation prize," Iran has criticized the Taliban's harsh policies, accusing them of giving Islam a bad name. This hurt the Taliban's feelings, and in response they killed eight Iranian diplomats. Not to be outdone, Iran massed 270,000 troops on the Afghan border and last Thursday commenced three hours of fighting...
WASHINGTON: The plight of the poor isn't usually a passionate concern of the world's bankers. But it's become a recurring theme at this week's IMF conference, which may portend a significant shift in the way the international body lends money. Traditionally the IMF has demanded harsh austerity measures in struggling economies before helping them out, and usually it's the poor who pick up the tab. "There's been a lot of discussion on how the poor suffer most from IMF prescriptions," says TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl. "The IMF is going to have...
That's a lot to ask. Still, we can at least ask that harsh verdicts not be rendered with the gleeful zeal that has been emanating from some parts of Washington these days. In a judge, a touch of indifference isn't an altogether bad thing...