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Government officials acknowledge that the scientists have a point. Says Charles Elkins, director of the EPA's office of toxic substances: "I would agree that in many cases removal is the wrong thing to do. It is a mistake for people to overreact. But it is also a mistake to say that asbestos is not a problem." In some situations, he says, simply blocking off an area or coating the damaged material with chemical sealants may do the trick. But asbestos insulation should probably be routinely removed from pipes in hallways, for example, to prevent passing children from dislodging...
Well-intentioned as it may be, the A.H.A. is stepping into a quagmire by trying to serve as a dietary oracle. Too often scientific ground shifts, and today's notion of sound nutritional advice becomes tomorrow's myth. The latest case in point: oat bran. Two years ago, the high-fiber grain was elevated to alimentary sainthood after a few studies showed that people who ate a diet rich in the stuff enjoyed a significant drop in their cholesterol levels. Doctors began recommending the grain to patients, and food manufacturers rushed to add it to everything from muffins to tortilla...
Bhutto's apologists say she is learning, and point to her recent moves to cooperate with the President and back off from confrontation with the opposition. She can also feel secure in her stable relations with the army brass, which has so far stood aloof from the fray. Her ministers say they are working on legislation and feel their efforts to encourage the country's private sector will soon benefit the sagging economy. Then too, Bhutto has helped restore a strong, if incomplete, measure of freedom and democracy to a country that has been under military rule for most...
...front of the parliament building in Sofia. It was erected by grateful Bulgarians to commemorate Russian victories in 1877 and 1878 that ended five centuries of Turkish rule over the Slavic nation. Since the resignation of Stalinist dictator Todor Zhivkov last November, that statue has become the rallying point for a revived nationalist movement using the old hatred of the Turks to fight new political battles. Day after day, thousands of Bulgarians ignored sub-zero temperatures to gather around it. They shook their fists and cheered rabble-rousing speeches protesting a decision by the country's new reformist government...
...disputed region of Transylvania, where most of Rumania's ethnic Hungarians live. Ceausescu regularly accused them of sabotage and planned to destroy their villages and force them into housing complexes. Delighted at Ceausescu's fall, the Hungarians still wonder if the new government will treat them fairly. Case in point: the handling of Laszlo Tokes, the dissident Hungarian clergyman in the town of Timisoara whose harassment by Ceausescu's forces in December helped spark the revolt that eventually toppled the regime. Although Tokes was later named to the ruling National Salvation Front, he is still being guarded by the army...