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...Tuesday, when the Philadelphia Direct Action Group is likely to launch its RNC protests, Timoney's velvet-glove approach may be more severely tested. After all, PDAG is an intentionally decentralized amalgam of "affinity groups," and the group that those in local government and law enforcement consider to be purely anarchistic. Certainly, PDAG's stated mission to disrupt the conference has convention boosters on edge. If, as has been the case so far, no conflict happens in the streets and no surprises happen inside the convention center, local news anchors will have no choice but to continue following around visiting...
...debate erupted the moment genetically engineered crops made their commercial debut in the mid-1990s, and it has escalated ever since. First to launch major protests against biotechnology were European environmentalists and consumer-advocacy groups. They were soon followed by their U.S. counterparts, who made a big splash at last fall's World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle and last week launched an offensive designed to target one company after another (see accompanying story). Over the coming months, charges that transgenic crops pose grave dangers will be raised in petitions, editorials, mass mailings and protest marches. As a result, golden...
APPLE CUBED Once and future Apple Computer CEO STEVE JOBS is famous (or is it notorious?) for his ability to turn an ordinary product launch into something more like a rock concert. His star powers were in full effect last week at MacWorld Expo in New York City, where he unveiled Apple's new offerings to the Macintosh faithful...
...arch as always, rolling up all the drumbeat stuff and depositing it in the belly of a national poll story, which leads smug. "George W. Bush holds a modest lead over Al Gore but a striking array of strategic advantages as unified Republicans flock here to launch their drive to retake the White House." The lead...
...camp has already taken various doctors' assessments and volumes of medical information into account, they must have concluded (incorrectly or not) that Cheney's past heart problems will not be an issue in this election. And they may well be right: It remains unclear whether the Gore ticket will launch an attack on Cheney's physical qualifications for the veep slot (a route that might be considered too tasteless even for American politics...