Living below sea level in the Dutch lowlands
Amsterdam notes floods driving 250000 from homes reveal Dutch fragility as half the nation lies below sea level protected by 33 foot dikes. Experts trace flood history from Frisians to 1953 disaster and discuss centuries of dike building and river raising in response to fertile soil and economic needs.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Matthew Arnold
Holland
Narshlands
Friesland
Groningen
Peter An der Eerden
University of Amsterdam
North Sea
van der Eerden
Tey
Anscenes
Utrecht University
Abortion Record Roils Foster Nomination for Surgeon General
Dr Henry Foster Jr a longtime obstetrician has delivered about 10000 babies yet disclosed fewer than a dozen terminations with some elective abortions cited by White House and Foster. Conservatives attack the nomination while Senator Nancy Kassebaum says the administration mishandled the process.
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Washington
Henry Foster Jr
White House
Foster
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Nancy Kassebaum
Kan
Senate
Mike Horak
Titov lifts Spartan satellite during shuttle experiment
Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Titov uses Discovery's 50 foot arm to hoist the 2,800 pound Spartan satellite from the cargo bay for ultraviolet telescope testing as part of a prelude to a planned rendezvous with Mir. A second item notes the FDA probe into counterfeit Similac cans found in Northern California Safeways and how to tell fake from real formula.
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Spartan
Chicago
Food and Drug Administration
California
Safeway
FDA
Jim O'Hara
Rapper J-Dee gets 29 years to life for killing roommate
Torrance California AP Dasean Cooper known as J-Dee in the rap group Da Lench Mob was sentenced to 29 years to life for the 1993 killing of 23 year old Scott Pearl Charles. Prosecutors said an argument outside a house party led to Cooper returning and firing five shots as Charles tried to flee.
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Torrance
Calif
da Lench
Dasean Cooper
Cooper
J-Dee
Scott “Pearl
Charles
Clinton plans 400 program cuts in budget proposal
President Clinton prepares a 1.6 trillion dollar fiscal plan to shrink government by eliminating or trimming 400 programs while keeping a middle class tax cut. The budget targets 144 billion in cuts over five years, reallocating 81 billion to deficit reduction and 63 billion to tax relief, drawing GOP critique.
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Washington
Clinton
Congress
America
White House
Mike McCurry
Associated Press
Congressional Budget Office
Defense says abrupt end to Brown testimony unfair
Los Angeles AP reports Nicole Brown Simpson's sister Denise broke down as she testified about alleged abuse by O J Simpson. Prosecution sought a brief end to the session. defense says the move may have been staged to end the week on a strong note.
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Los Angeles
Nicole Brown Simpson
O.J. Simpson
Johnnie Cochran Jr
Denise Brown
Simpson
Brown
Ms. Simpson
Ms. Brown
Christopher Darden
Marcia Clark
Carl Douglas
Douglas
Ronald Goldman
Goldman
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