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Frolicking teen-agers occasionally bust into the computer systems of the Pentagon, banks and other s

Although congressional efforts to overhaul environmental regulation have stalled, there is increasin

Last February, in a provocative Washington Post article headlined, ''Television's Destructive Power,

Mexico's decision to repay ahead of schedule much of what it borrowed from Washington during last ye

This is an exciting moment for U.S. policy toward Africa. The Clinton administration has raised the

Caving in to pressure from the AFL-CIO, President Clinton vetoed a bill that would have removed lega

SETTING STRAIGHTTHE MARCUS HOOK RECORDI had several problems with your July 15 story, ''Marc

Over the past 50 years, an unquestioned consensus has developed among the educated elite in America

Contrary to a report published July 22 (''Washington report,'' Page 6A), the Clinton administration

Jim Landry expressed understandable enthusiasm in these pages the other day at the prospect of an op

SPREADING LIABILITYIN TRUCKING ACCIDENTSWe are writing in response to a news story published

President Clinton says ''the era of big government is over.'' Yet during the first three and one-hal

How socially responsible are corporations or should be?President Clinton's recent symposium

Even the Communists in Belarus are cringing at the latest moves by President Alexander Lukashenko to

When Republicans seized control of Congress last year, they promised a revolution. Instead, 1995 was

First it was the book series that sent, well, goose bumps up the spines of 8-year-olds. Now it's boo

For weeks now, the White House has delayed the formal nomination of Charlene Barshefsky to be U.S. T

From its beginning in the early 1970s, the automated teller machine, or ATM, has grown up to become

A few years ago, the future of work was a brave new world. Instead of long commutes, office politics

The appointment of Anatoly Chubais as chief of staff to President Boris Yeltsin may bode well for re

You probably haven't noticed, but a motion picture recently opened about an alien invasion of Earth

A decade has passed since a suspected criminal's own genetic code was first used as evidence in a tr

''Terrorism sucks,'' proclaims a T-shirt worn in Atlanta, as the shock of Saturday's Centennial Olym

Close your eyes and imagine traveling back in time to a quaint place where retail stores close at 8

The recent terror bombing in Saudi Arabia and the news that imported crude oil for the first time in

At last, the International Olympic Committee has come to the rescue of surprise winners at the Atlan

Export controls legislation is still alive, though just barely. The House this month cleared the mea

ELIMINATE STATETRADING ENTERPRISESYour July 16 editorial on state trading enterprises (STEs)

The latest reports on Nike's worldwide production facilities have again focused a spotlight on child

The American people would never countenance sending our troops into battle without the weapons and t

Hard science is beginning to overcome raw emotion in the debate over silicone breast implants. A ste

Child labor in the poorest of poor countries has become a target of highly publicized and often quit

When all else fails, propose a tax cut.Seeking to inject some life into the floundering pres

U.S. airlines have launched a bitter - and hypocritical - attack on one of their own. Chief executiv

When the U.S. hockey team beat the Soviet Union in the 1960 Winter Olympics, I watched with surprise

The political silly season has given rise to some real foolishness about smoking. Bob Dole's equivoc

NADER ATTACKSTHE WRONG PROBLEMOnce again, Ralph Nader is attacking Congress for all the wron

In its own way, last July 3 was perhaps as significant as the famous day after. According to the Ame

More than six weeks after the election that deprived conservative Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus of a p

One quick look at Indonesia shows us why the world's farmers are excited about the potential of expo