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...days of the antiwar liberals are long past. President Clinton's offensive foreign policy strategy is accountable for almost one-third of the casualties in Yugoslavia's civil war. His pilots have bombed a Chinese embassy. He has ordered an attack on a Sudanese pharmaceutical factory that a Dateline NBC report suggested may have been merely a civilian facility. His sanctions have killed more than a million innocent Iraqi civilians through malnutrition and easily preventable diseases...
...were very encouraged by last semester's success and the popularity of the site, with over one-third of the student body logging on," said Johann M. Schleier-Smith '01, one of the founders of the site...
BLUER SKIES JetBlue Airways, a new airline, is trying to wow travelers with irreverent ads, wider seats and new planes. With cheap fares and solid investment backing from the likes of George Soros, the company seems as if it has a shot. Nearly one-third of start-ups since '92 have failed, but optimism abounds. JetBlue isn't the only start-up ready to take wing. Twenty-four others are awaiting FAA certification...
McCain has admitted he must win South Carolina to stay in the race through March. Polls show him gaining a modest 6 points, but Bush is still ahead by 33. McCain is counting on veterans and independents. They make up one-third of all voters and can cast ballots for any party in this open primary. The G.O.P. chairman has ordered the printing of enough ballots to serve twice the votes cast in 1996. But Bush has built the first of his so-called firewalls here...
...from SAMHSA, over half of binge drinkers are current smokers, another piece of evidence that smokers are many times more likely to abuse alochol or illicit drugs. Additionally, over 3,000 minors begin smoking every day, and the pattern of addiction is particularly strong. According to these figures, over one-third of those who are "experimenting" end up addicted...