According to news stories in the last week, 1996 showed an overall decline in cancer death rates in the U.S. compared to 1990 - apparently the very first. The gloomy should read the stories. There is something they will like also. -- John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305 http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/ During the last years of the Second Millenium, the Earthmen complained a lot.