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The availability of E-mail to many people through their job or school affiliation has allowed for many efficiencies in communications but also has provided the opportunity for abuses. What steps have been taken world-wide by those bearing the cost of E-mail to prevent excesses? | [
"In a stunning example of growing concern over technology and privacy in the workplace, The Los Angeles Times has recalled a foreign correspondent from its Moscow bureau for snooping into the electronic mail of his colleagues. The correspondent, Michael Hiltzik, a well-regarded journalist who joined The Times's Mos... | [
"I saw were fairly current -- within the last two weeks -- and if I were young, mobile and willing to live in parts of the country where Starbuck's is never likely to open franchises, I might actually have some possibilities. There were some listings in my chosen field, Writing/Editing/Reporting/Narrating, as it is... |
Evidence that radio waves from radio towers or car (mobile) phones affect brain cancer occurrence. | [
"to assess microwave exposure needs to be addressed further.'' He said that ''although there are potentially large errors inherent in analytical methods, the fact is that assessment can be accomplished to any degree of accuracy provided one is willing to spend enough money.'' Omissions Criticized Another panelist, ... | [
"fungus that also stunts growth and causes the leaves to yellow from the bottom up. N denotes plants that are not troubled by the root knot nematodes. TMV denotes that the plant resists tobacco mosaic virus, one of the worst as it is spread by insects feeding on other infected plants and by gardeners who smoke near... |
What measures are being taken by local South American authorities to preserve the Amazon tropical rain forest? | [
"Chico Mendes was not an environmentalist in the traditional sense. It was only three years before his murder, which was 10 years ago this week, that he met environmentalists and learned with amazement that the Amazon Forest mattered to those far away. As head of Brazil's National Council of Rubber Tappers, his con... | [
"finish your risk assessment? You don't need to analyze everything to death before you begin to take public health decisions about potential carcinogens.\" Agency officials said that in a few cases, elements of the new approach had already been used to decide how to treat one chemical or another. For example, some ... |
Identify documents that discuss mainstreaming children with physical or mental impairments. | [
"and then receive reimbursement of up to 59.5 percent from the state. ''There are people who think that if the school districts have to pay for preschool special education, they wouldn't classify as many children,'' said Dr. Donald R. Kusel, Superintendent of the public schools of the Tarrytowns. ''Our committees f... | [
"LEAD: BORON, a mineral long considered inessential to nutrition, apparently affects blood levels of certain hormones and may play a major role in preventing bone loss, Government scientists have reported. BORON, a mineral long considered inessential to nutrition, apparently affects blood levels of certain hormones... |
Find information about the first genetically modified food product to go on the market, Flavr Savr (also Flavor Saver) Tomato developed by Calgene. | [
"produced by conventional means. Unlike agricultural products, which are released into the environment, biotech drugs have not faced notably greater barriers to the market than conventional drugs. \"The devil's in the implementation,\" said Jerry D. Caulder, chairman, president and chief executive of the Mycogen Co... | [
"LEAD: The Sungene Technologies Corporation of San Jose, Calif., won patent approval for a recipe of nutrients to help breed higher-yielding corn. The Sungene Technologies Corporation of San Jose, Calif., won patent approval for a recipe of nutrients to help breed higher-yielding corn. The recipe is used to promote... |
A relevant document would discuss the effectiveness of efforts to better scrutinize passengers and luggage on all flights, but particularly international flights. | [
"the original flight, are particularly concerned with who would pay if the missed flight was the fault of security and not the airline. But another issue is the new procedure for searching bags, largely out of the owner's presence. The issue is so sensitive that there is even debate over who will tell the public. T... | [
"trying to make the trek from Somalia's northern coast across the sea to Yemen. And that is just an estimate, since nobody really knows how many boats, all of them grossly overloaded, attempt the trek from the shores of the remote Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. The only way to gauge the horrors is to coun... |
What is the ongoing status of The Three Gorges Project? | [
"insiders, not dissidents. Mr. Hu, 49, is a Communist Party member and a teacher at the Shanghai branch of the party's school system. His ambitions are modest: to be allowed to run for office as Chinese law says he can, and to urge the legislature to talk to people before passing laws that affect them. He even take... | [
"these families, in their own homes and in groups small enough for conversation, to learn how others see what he has done and failed to do. The pedophile scandal in Boston, though gross and costly to the institution, reveals a much deeper, though separate, problem: the massive rift between the clergy and most Catho... |
A relevant document would discuss the frequency of vicious black bear attacks worldwide and the possible causes for this savage behavior. | [
"\"ripped door off freezer locked with hasp.\" Another read: \"Bear tore car apart looking for remains of toasted cheese sandwich.\" In another report, an upcountry resident complained that a bear \"bent the side of the trailer.\" Although black bear attacks on humans are extremely rare, last year a black bear atta... | [
"they don't gang up on me.\" The captain, barefoot and wearing a white turban and sarong, makes his living trading in the ports in Iran, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Somalia. He delivers bags of rice, sugar and grain to Somalia and carries out frankincense and myrrh, still used in incense and perfume. But as chaos has e... |
How much sugar does Cuba export and which countries import it? | [
"AS the chief mechanic of one of Cuba's many antiquated sugar mills, Noel Manuel Lopez Troncoso is a busy man. At the height of the country's vital sugar cane harvest, Mr. Lopez's team of repairmen at the mill, the Central Gregorio Manalich, on the outskirts of this town an hour east of Havana, must labor around th... | [
"today. Dozens of economists from around the world, meeting here this week, meshed findings from 79 national and economic models to arrive at global predictions. They said world economic growth is expected to slow this year to 2.4 percent from 4 percent in 2002. Growth in the industrial market economies will slow, ... |
How did France respond to protests against its nuclear testing in the South Pacific? | [
"A few weeks ago I attended question hour at the Australian Parliament, a raucous weekly event when the opposition questions the Prime Minister, Paul Keating. Mr. Keating was asked about France's claims that it was entitled to test its nuclear weapons in Polynesia because these colonies were actually part of France... | [
"To the Editor: Re ''Pupils Prosper From an Investment'' (news article, Aug. 2): Not to rain on Merrill Lynch's parade -- it ought to be lauded for making college a financially viable option for hundreds of students -- but isn't it a sad commentary on our society that it takes such extraordinary efforts to make col... |
What new uses have been developed for old automobile tires as a means of tire recycling? | [
"The good news: Unique Tire Recycling of British Columbia is gearing up to recycle almost 900,000 tires a year. Its new facility in Kamloops will digest some tires into crude oil, steel and carbon black to be sold as raw materials. The company already flattens and links truck and bus tires together in portable, art... | [
"Northern Ireland's rival parties exchanged unusually conciliatory statements and pledges today, raising expectations of an imminent break in the stalemate blocking progress in their peace agreement. In a long-conflicted corner of northern Europe where politics is normally articulated in snubs and taunts, the compa... |
What modern instances have there been of old fashioned piracy, the boarding or taking control of boats? | [
"which fears that oil revenue can be used by Iraq to develop nuclear, chemical or biological arms, Iraq continues to send oil illegally by pipeline to Syria and by truck to Turkey. But the combination of Australian bravado, advanced United States military technology and indirect Iranian cooperation has enabled Wash... | [
"long overdue. But many developers believe that what the region needs now that there is a slump is not more, but fewer, planning constraints. ''The real estate sector has already been pummeled by public policy,'' said Pat O'Keefe, executive director of the New Jersey Builders Association. ''The question is no longe... |
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