Word: righting
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...right now, all he's really got so far is the lousy T-shirt 19-year-old Napster founder Shawn Fanning (wearing a suit) handed him at the press conference...
...mothers, as we all know, always seem to know best. Certain health benefits have long been attributed to the king of breakfast juices: It's rich in vitamin C and certain antioxidants. And Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration granted juide giant Tropicana the right to put a new assertion on its packaging: Thanks to its rich potassium content, orange juice may help your heart, and lower the risk of high blood pressure and stroke...
...exactly afford to sign a peace agreement, either. And it's in the sullen no-man's-land between the two options that Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat are once again tentatively reaching out to each other. But judging from the proposals being floated by the Palestinian Authority right now, the talks both men will hold with President Clinton in Washington later this weeks are more likely to be exploratory "talks about talks" than any kind of speedy resumption of the Oslo Accord-based peace process that the President had hoped to wrap up at Camp David in August...
...Agreeing to negotiate at all right now is difficult for the leaders on both sides. Barak's minority coalition now governs under the shadow of its constant vulnerability to being thrown out in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. And even if they're prepared to allow his government a period of grace amid the current turmoil, the violence of the past six weeks has reduced the Israeli public's confidence in the peace process to an all-time low. On the Palestinian side, overwhelming public skepticism toward the peace process has given way to increasingly open defiance of Arafat...
...Right to die: MAINE voters are considered a bellwether this year; their decision on initiative Question One, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide, will help to determine the national course of action for advocates of euthanasia. A similar measure was passed twice in Oregon (the first attempt was struck down by a state court) and defeated overwhelmingly in Michigan. A win for right-to-die forces in Maine will mean their cause is still alive and kicking...