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...been supportive but wary about gun control, made his first choice. One day after directing the Justice Department to examine the possibility of a national registration and licensing system for handgun owners, he told Attorney General Janet Reno to draw up a detailed plan. One likely model is the method for licensing drivers, in which states operate a system with federal standards. "I think it should be at least as hard to get a license to possess a gun," said Reno, "as it is to drive an automobile." It's a good deal harder than that in some other democratic...
...Galaxie Montignac," is an $11 million-a-year business with a chain of food boutiques, a vineyard producing Chateau Michel Montignac Bordeaux, a mail-order firm selling Montignac foie gras and Montignac chocolate, a quarterly magazine, an Institute of Vitality and Nutrition through which 350 physicians prescribe his method, and a company offering one- day diet seminars for corporate executives at $420 a head. Last October, Montignac opened a 240-seat restaurant near the Paris stock exchange. This month he will act as host of a Caribbean cruise with chef Roger Verge for 150 "gastronomic dieters." The price...
Biswas believes the method shows promise because it targets specific viral genes. In the past, this class of drugs has proven to be too toxic for use in human patients. But, according toBiswas, "The side effects can be avoided by usingvery low concentrations of these drugs [incombination...
Jewett said he was skeptical that the councilwould be permitted to increase its funding usingthat method...
...management method seems to be working. Says executive vice president Bill Hoglund: "We're only about halfway where we want to be. On a scale of 1 to 10, we're about 5. But compared to where we were, we're about...