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Out in the cold

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Plans to explore Antarctica's icebound Lake Vostok have been pushed back to 2004 at the earliest. One concern is whether a probe into any of the 70 smaller subglacial lakes would contaminate it with microbes from the surface. Who would pay for the cost of the project is also undetermined.

Antarctica, Discovery and exploration, Antarctic regions, Lake Vostok

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Three swings: hoping for a home run against multiple sclerosis

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Chiron and Berlex Labs has developed the drug Betaseron, which could be used to treat MS. Harvard Medical School researchers Howard L. Weiner and David A. Hafler believe that the use of myelin is a promising treatment. Stanford University School of Medicine also is researching treatments.

Pharmaceutical preparations, Drug therapy, Multiple sclerosis

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Systematic errors

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President Clinton signed a bill in Feb 1996 designed to halt waste of government spending when buying computer mainframes. The new legislation will require that federal agencies name a chief information officer and monitor costs and progress more closely.

Management, Software, Laws, regulations and rules, Prevention, Government purchasing, Waste in government spending, Government spending waste, Electronic data processing departments, Data processing departments, Product selection, Software selection

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