Word: weeks
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...WEEK AHEAD...
...most popular products at last week's Comdex computer show in Las Vegas...
After years of controversy, RU-486, the so-called French abortion pill, is finally being delivered to U.S. doctors this week after approval in September by the FDA. But that doesn't mean abortions will suddenly be easier to get: the drug can actually be nastier than a surgical abortion...
Carol Roberts, 64, is an avid collector of stuffed and ceramic penguins and donkeys. Subtlety has never been her style in decor--or in politics. Last week the former Democratic mayor of West Palm Beach used her spitfire stratagems to boost Al Gore. Wearing a tiny butterfly pin to mock the infamous ballot, she faced the cameras and vowed to count every last vote. Why wait for court approval? Why should the battle for the Constitution wait for a judge? "What happens? Do we go to jail?" she asked the lawyer for the board of canvassers. "Because I'm ready...
...Last week armed sheriff's deputies guarded Roberts after she received threatening phone calls at home. Republicans have pushed her to recuse herself from the board, accusing her of physically bending, twisting and manipulating ballots in favor of Gore. She has hired a lawyer and denies the charges...