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Tuesday, July 28, 1998 To read a story, HIGHLIGHT headline and click READ. Missile threat looms Squabble over 'sampling' OUR READERS RESPOND COLUMN: Jon Ralston ----------END---------- Click on the small cartoon to see a full-size version. TOP STORIES Squabble over 'sampling' Congressional Republicans now threaten to withhold or limit $952 million in money earmarked to prepare for the Year 2000 census, in a dispute over administration plans to use computer "sampling" to supplement or (in some cases) replace more traditional methods of head-counting.       "Sampling" is a process by which statisticians gather detailed data about a limited group of people, and then extrapolate that data onto a state or nation. FULL TEXT Missile threat looms Just weeks ago, the Clinton administration was insisting its intelligence apparatus had determined that no "rogue state" such as Iran or Libya would have the capability of deploying a missile that could land a nuclear, chemical or germ warhead on American soil before 2010.       Then came the report by a special bipartisan, blue-ribbon panel of defense experts, headed by Donald Rumsfeld, former defense secretary under Gerald Ford, asserting North Korea and Iran will probably have the know-how to build a long-range nuclear missile around the turn of the century. FULL TEXT OPINION FEATURES Submit a Letter to the Editor | Jim Day Cartoon Gallery Highway Horrors | Only in Las Vegas | FEEDBACK [an error occurred while processing this directive] [News] [Sports] [Business] [Lifestyles] [Neon] [Opinion] [in-depth] [Columnists] [Help/About] [Archive] [Community Link] [Current Edition] [Classifieds] [Real Estate] [TV] [Weather] [EMAIL] [SEARCH] [HOME] [INDEX] Brought to you by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.   Nevada's largest daily newspaper.