Word: agente
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...THEY WORK? Atropine effects of nerve gases. Full recovery is possible if treatment is immediate. But atropine can cause serious side effects if you have not been exposed to a nerve agent. Botulism antitoxin halts, but does not reverse, the paralytic effects...
...dialogue between federal and state officials? Ask Governors that question, then duck. Governor Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho says that the adjutant-general of his state National Guard is not allowed to share intelligence with him. Governor Frank Keating of Oklahoma, a former FBI agent who took part this summer in a disastrous war game of a smallpox attack, says he was "stunned" at the level of ignorance displayed by the feds about what goes on at a state and local level. And Philadelphia police chief John Timoney says, "The feds actually think that the locals, you can't trust them...
...Newark, N.J., from Prague with a six-month tourist visa. Within a month, Atta and Al-Shehhi signed up for flight training at Huffman Aviation International in Venice, Fla. When the two men moved into a little pink house in nearby Nokomis, they brought sweets to their rental agent. Their Venice landlady, Dru Voss, says that while Al-Shehhi was a likable guy, Atta was an icicle who never looked...
Busy executives whose Web use is slowed by heavy traffic and firewalls can now access information without waiting an eternity. They can simply use an instant-messaging service to employ a smart bot, an interactive agent that answers general news questions. Send a message to the screen name SmarterChild, for example, and the bot created by ActiveBuddy, based in New York City, will deliver headlines and stock quotes in less than five seconds. It takes a little longer, however, to download a cute little robot icon from the company's website...
Despite the nationwide run on gas masks, security experts say it's not practical for corporations to stockpile them. "Most masks are good for one thing--say, a certain chemical or biological agent, and there's a shelf life to the canisters. They won't last indefinitely," says Dave Maples, a security consultant with Investigative Group International in Atlanta. But one employee-benefits-management company outside Atlanta may have the right idea: since the attacks, it has purchased house painters' masks for all employees to filter out dust and soot. "That's practical," says Maples...