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...best defense against steroids, year-round random testing, is meant to counter athletes' efforts to hide the presence of drugs by stopping their use just before competition. But year-round testing is costly and complicated. Even sports organizations that say they are intent upon rooting out steroids -- the U.S. Olympic Committee and the NCAA, among them -- are only now gathering the experience and resources to do so. The NCAA conducted about 14,000 drug tests in 1990, vs. 5,000 in 1986, but year-round testing is still limited to Division I football...
...maintain open diplomatic channels that might allow an early end to the conflict. The congressional resolution for force was not a carte blanche authorization for unnecessary brutality and indefinite prolonging of the conflict. Although there has to date been no evidence that the invasion has violated the resolution's intent, the U.S. must be sure to stay within these bounds...
...about 8 a.m., about 30 protesters sat down in side entrance to the JFK Building. They struggled briefly with police and soon formed a line directly across the doors. Police seemed intent on waiting the group out, but one man who was not in the initial line was arrested after he tried to join the other protesters...
Tragically, we suspect that these people have been taken for suckers. Bush, who recently said he is inclined to resort to military force "sooner rather than later," seems intent on holding a major recruitment drive for the Gold Star Mothers Association without giving peace a chance...
Most Painful Dilemma The right-to-die issue heated up when the parents of Nancy Cruzan, a comatose Missouri woman, petitioned the Supreme Court for permission to remove her feeding tube. The high court upheld a state's right to demand evidence of the patient's intent. A Missouri judge then ruled that the tube could be removed...