Greenspan Says Social Security Funds Face Tax Hikes or Benefit Cuts
Federal Reserve Chief Greenspan argued that saving Social Security will require higher taxes or reduced benefits, endorsing no fixed cure. He criticized investing trillions in the stock market and warned political pressure could affect decisions. Clinton administration signaled reform and more debate with Congress on preserving the system amid demographic strain.
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Alan Greenspar
Clinton
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Greenpan
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White House
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Congress
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U S Critics Clash Over Iraq Opposition Aid Policy
In a Senate hearing Marine General Anthony Zinni criticized Clinton the administration policy of backing Iraqi opposition groups as destabilizing and unlikely to topple Saddam. He noted risk of competing factions while State Department officials defended efforts to promote regime change and review ways to work with opposition groups.
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Saddam Hussein
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Senate
Supreme Council For Islamic Revolution
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KDP
Massoud Barzam
Iraqi National Congress
Iraqi National Accord
Disneyland cleanup cited in fatal park accident
Disneyland faced criticism after a Christmas Eve incident on the Columbia when an 8 pound metal mooring fitting struck Luan Phi Dawson killing him and injuring others. Critics argue swift cleanup hindered outside investigation while Disneyland defends safety and quick response.
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Luan Phi Dawson
Duvall, Wash
Disneyland
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Hand transplant patient moves fingertips in hospital update
Matthew Scott, a paramedic from Absecon New Jersey, received a left hand in a 14 1/2 hour operation at Jewish Hospital Louisville. He tested finger movement with surgeon Warren C Breidenbach observing, though no feeling remains in the hand. In DC area, a federal rule aims to standardize child safety seat anchorage across new cars, pending White House coordination. In Clearfield Pennsylvania a 16 year old was found guilty of murder and conspiracy in a lynching death, facing possible life in prison. In Mount Airy North Carolina Floyd the barber shop remains busy since 1946 as his 75th birthday approached. In Beijing authorities reportedly closed a 700 year old monastery and 900 year old nunnery in Tibet after resistance to denouncing the Dalai Lama. In Washington a federal judge ordered Russell Weston to undergo a psychiatric evaluation for the Capitol killings, with potential death penalty if convicted.
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Andy Griffith
Andy
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Beijing
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Dalai Lama
Rakhor Funnery
Tibet Information Network
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Palden
Kelsang
Jonang Kumbum
U.S. Capitol
Russell Weston, Jr
Springfield
Weston
John Gibson
Jacob J. Chestnut
Emmet Sullivan
Pope spares death row man after papal mercy plea
Governor Mel Carnahan commuted Darrell Mease from death to life without parole after Pope John Paul II urged mercy during a visit to St. Louis. Mease, 52, killed a drug dealer, his wife and grandson in 1988. the stay moves him to life sentences, while the pope praised the governor’s decision as mercy.
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John Paul II
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Mease
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Texas
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United States
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Sully
Pope
Joseph O'Dell
Virginia
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Researchers draw ultrafine lines with nanotech pen
Washington AP report details Chad Mirkin of Northwestern University leading a team to create a pen with a silicon tip and atomic force microscope that draws 15 nanometer wide lines on a gold coated chip. The work, published in Science, hints at future electronics far smaller than current chips.
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Chad A. Mirkin
Northwestern Unversity
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Science
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