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News coverage of the pending abortion rights bill in Congress was heavy last week. Watching TV the other night, I was struck by a phrase used in a network report: "forcible rape." The report stated that Democrats were pushing hard for a bill guaranteeing Medicaid funding for abortions for victims of rape and incest, while Republicans were seeking a compromise to which the Democrats would not concede--abortions only for "forcible rape...
Over the past two weeks, U.S. law-enforcement authorities have seized almost 35 tons of cocaine destined for the streets of America. A much bigger blow could be struck against the drug trade, however, if ways could be found to seize the cocaine cartels' funds. U.S. Assistant Treasury Secretary Salvatore Martoche said last week that the Bush Administration would move in that direction by trying to track the billions of dollars in electronic money transfers that move in and out of the U.S. each day. The goal: to identify and perhaps confiscate at least some of the more than...
...ivory trail has flourished under the less than watchful eye of the CITES secretariat. In 1985 when the organization announced its plan to register all tusks as part of an ivory-control system, conservationists hoped the illegal trade would be curbed. But the deals that CITES officials struck with Singapore, Burundi and other nations, under which undocumented ivory could be registered, moved a mountain of ill-gotten ivory into the marketplace...
...arose from my chair and went to make myself a hot fudge sundae. I returned to the table holding a dish heaped with two large scoops of vanilla ice cream and literally dripping with hot fudge. As I zealously prepared to devour this modern-day ambrosia, I was struck with a horrible thought: I had forgotten to bring with me my Lactaid tablets! (Some of The Crimson's lactose-intolerant readers may not be aware that the Lactaid company also produces chewable tablets which enable some intolerants to digest milk products, if one-half to three tablets are consumed with...
...what is the bottom line? Like it or not, there is no simple way to guarantee a life free of heart disease. Someone may swear off French fries for decades and still be struck down. Someone else may eat eggs every day and live to be 100. But in the game of life, smart players look at the odds. And most health professionals remain convinced that a sensible diet, with only moderate amounts of saturated fats and cholesterol, raises the odds of avoiding a heart attack...