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In the new genetic thrillers, it's the scientist who makes a last-ditch stand against an irresponsible society--reflecting a role for scientists as the defenders of ethical principles that were born at the Nazi doctor trials at Nuremberg and endured through the Cold War.
In many isolated regions, meanwhile, last-ditch defences in the form of round stone towers were built, a few of which are still inhabited today.
Three Secret Service agents testified before a federal grand jury yesterday, and the surprisingly swift development captured the leads at all three papers--the Washington Post , the New York Times , and the Los Angeles Times . The agents were cleared to testify when Chief Justice William Rehnquist denied a last-ditch DOJ appeal to stay their testimony.
Both the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times go with President Clinton's last-ditch attempt to generate support for the fast-track trade authority bill.
Monday afternoon's signing ceremony (Beijing time)--the culmination of more than a decade of intermittent negotiations between the United States and China--comes after a week of intense, last-ditch efforts by Clinton envoys to ink a deal by the Nov. 30 WTO meeting in Seattle.