Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...White House, however, worries about the economic consequences of forcing sudden, drastic curbs in fossil-fuel use. From the Administration's point of view, draconian action seems highly debatable so long as the scientific evidence for the greenhouse effect is sketchy. "We are not at the point where we can bet the economy," says a Sununu aide...
That afternoon cease-fire negotiations between Sandinistas and contras began. The bargainers worked through the night, and at 4:30 a.m. they signed their agreement. The turning point in the negotiation was a face-saving arrangement put forward by Chamorro's representatives whereby the contras signed a demobilization agreement with the incoming government -- not with the Sandinistas...
...alcoholism gene." The gene's absence from more than 20% of the alcoholics studied suggests that additional factors are involved. Other genes, as well as an individual's upbringing and surroundings, are likely to play an important part. As evidence for an environmental influence on alcohol abuse, researchers point to the significantly higher incidence of alcoholism in men than in women, as well as the rarity of the condition in certain religious groups that discourage drinking, notably the Amish and the Mormons. Researchers also feel that last week's results need further study before doctors are convinced of the gene...
Still, the findings have boosted hopes. For the one in four U.S. families struck by alcoholism, the research may point to a new way to halt the deadly craving at its source...
...many books. Still, young David "couldn't do puzzles," was terrible at math and was left back twice in elementary and high school. Carpentry or plumbing were the careers advised for him. Or basketball. Hartman was a local legend on the court. From what is now known as three-point range, his two-handed set shot was deadly. For pocket change, and the chance to play, Hartman spent summers on a Borscht Belt team that toured upstate New York. So fierce was the competition that a few Holy Cross Catholics were imported as ringers. Which is how, in one game...