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...Though they are routinely administered to pregnant women as a way to detect fetal defects, expensive ultrasound screenings have not led to an increase in healthy babies. Experts now say the test should be done only in high-risk cases or at a woman's request...
Nobody was sure the touch of hands would happen. No formal request had been sent through diplomatic channels. Arafat wanted desperately to come; Rabin didn't. Arafat wanted to show up on the lawn with his holster holding his faithful Smith & Wesson and, with a great flourish, to unstrap the gun and hand it to Clinton. That was vetoed: too much theater even on that day. One hour before the ceremony, the Israelis and the Palestinians both threatened to boycott over trifles: then Rabin swallowed his objections to Arafat's uniform and agreed the P.L.O. could be named...
...request by British television's Channel 4 to write and present a six-part documentary series on St. Paul revived her interest in religion. "What I really am is a historian of ideas," she says, "rather than a theologian, which sounds a bit narrow." She considers herself an unaffiliated monotheist who appreciates many aspects of Eastern Orthodoxy but finds it easier to pray with Jews and Muslims. "Only Western Christianity makes a song and dance about creeds and beliefs," she says. "The authentic test of a religion is not what you believe. It's what you do, and unless your...
...DEPARTMENT OF LABOR is considering a policy change in the way government helps the jobless. Because more unemployed people are finding that they need to relocate to get work, Labor Secretary Robert Reich may request extra unemployment assistance to help pay for some of the costs involved in job searches that require long-distance travel...
...found guilty of sexual harassment in this case? The men, of course! Regardless of whether it was a prank, the men should have stopped when they saw how upset she was. That is merely showing respect for another human being's feelings, which is essential in the workplace. The request for the president to remove her shirt was completely inappropriate and clearly sexual harassment; no woman should be subject to such humiliation by male co-workers...