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...making it harder for Bush to govern when the time came. He hoped that Gore allies would be more likely to call for their man to step down if the Republicans weren't constantly doing so, and he wanted to smooth the way for the charm offensive he would launch as soon as Gore made it official--the calls to key Democrats that had to remain on hold until the struggle was over. "More than ever, a President-elect has a unique moment to seize," Bush told CBS on Tuesday. "And I'm going to seize...
...global warming after negotiations broke down in the Hague last month. With a flurry of pronouncements this year, he has locked away from loggers and developers more public land in the lower 48 states than any other President. But why, his friends ask and his foes accuse, did he launch so many initiatives at the very end of his term? Why is he cramming in so much now, when he did so little before...
...Percent drop in lung cancer in California since the launch of an anti-smoking campaign in 1989. The number of smokers dropped...
...last week's stalled progress on the 1997 international treaty, originally negotiated in Kyoto, Japan, to cut carbon dioxide emissions. So far, Toyota has a five-month waiting list for its Prius (Latin for "to go before"), and it has logged 7,300 orders since the car's July launch. It will easily sell out this year's small production run of 12,000 cars. Sales of the Insight, introduced last December, are slower--about 3,500--partly because many dealerships can't get the cars, and partly because the two-seater isn't as practical as the Prius. Measured...
...cooked on the stove, the mixture bubbled to the surface, filling the kitchen with so much smoke that young Lonnie couldn't see his hands, and burned a chair. "The only thing I could do was back up," he says. He eventually used the fuel mixture to launch a miniature rocket for a school project...