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...Nebraska passed legislation last September to improve its public-health system, earmarking $6 million from its share of the national tobacco settlement to establish five new health departments that cover 19 of the state's 93 counties. Texas is relying on revenue from the state's telecommunications fund to wire itself for the Health Alert Network. Georgia, which had been given CDC grants to fight such problems as West Nile virus and emerging infections, decided that the best way to do that was to hire a new team of epidemiologists to keep an eye out for all these ills. Such...
Allowing Red Cross officials to visit the Cuban camps will do much to ensure appropriate living conditions as well as to maintain world opinion in our favor, an important asset in the campaign against terrorism. The outdoor six- by eight-foot wire cages are acceptable as a temporary measure, and a permanent indoor facility is currently under construction. In the meantime, however, adequate sanitary conditions must be maintained in the outdoor cages, and the standards of treatment of prisoners afforded by the Geneva conventions should be fully implemented...
...game that Harvard dominated from wire-to-wire, Princeton (6-13-0, 5-7-0 ECAC) came away with the victory on the strength of excellent goaltending from Stathos and more than a few lucky bounces...
...AUSTRALIA Up in Arms Rising discontent at a refugee center boiled over as asylum seekers rioted for three straight nights. Detainees at the Woomera camp in South Australia pelted guards with rocks, set buildings on fire and tried to destroy barbed-wire fences. The violence was sparked by anger at the slow processing of visa applications. Some refugees have been kept at the camp for several years. Attorney General Daryl Williams responded by saying: "Vandalism is not going to get you a visa...
...John Grissim, who'd been to the Philippines and claimed there were guys in that country, like a kid named Efren Reyes, who could beat anyone anywhere. But the Americans were still dominant. And yet Morales' buddies were throwing out crazy odds, "giving three or four games on the wire," recalls former pro player and promoter Jay Helfert. "The top American players didn't have to win the match, all they had to do was win seven games. Everybody was jumping on it, betting thousands of dollars. And he was beating player after player...