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According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 2nd Biennial Conference of the Federation of Infection Societies, held November 29 - December 1, 1995, in Manchester, United Kingdom, [...]

Focuses on the success of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), since the explosion on the Challenger, spaceship in January 1986. Who deserves the credit for the success of the NASA; How NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin went about making changes; Accomplishments made by the NASA.

Opinion. Argues that the efforts by Congress to deeply cut welfare and Medicare, seems to be an attempt by the government to return to 1959, before such programs began. Comparison of the United States economy in 1959 as to 1995; Effect that the plan by the government to cut Medicare could have; Contributions of Medicare; How cuts for Medicare should be approached.

Opinion. Presents information on the state of environmental affairs in the United States. Details on the environmental indicators for nations in the West; Myopic anti-environmental initiatives being pushed in Congress; Responses of environmentalists; Information on the production of Carbon Flurocarbons in the United States.

Comments on the introduction of a bill concerning environmental reform in the United States.

Opinion. Focuses on the views of competing political candidates concerning anti-missiles. Bob Dole's proposal for a crash program to field a few ground-based antimissile missiles by the year 2003; President Bill Clinton's decision to fund research into antinuclear systems; Cost of strategic defense system.

Opinion. Comments on the drift towards intellectual pessimism in the United States. Optimism as the last refuge of rubes and Babbits; Pessimism as a connotation of refinement; Possible perverse impact on society.

Opinion. Focuses on the issue of sex scandals and how they are handled in the United States. Calls for such matters to remain private; Examples of sex scandals and how they were dealt with.

Opinion. Focuses on the United States' federal government's proposal of regulations for smog reduction. Reference to the smog reduction issues in the 1970s; Decrease in all forms of air pollution.