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...building in New York City, with satellite photos of Baghdad on the walls, the Swedish diplomat who heads the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) has a comfortable, lived-in look about him; he's the kind of man who in the movie might have been played by Alec Guinness in his prime. He has a caution that comes from decades as an official in international institutions but exudes a wry affability; asked if he would be comfortable with a certain course of action, he replies: "I'm not uncomfortable with it." Pause, followed by smile. Then...
...Alec Jeffreys and colleagues develop genetic fingerprinting--using DNA to positively identify individuals...
...host for the weekend, as well as another participant in the program. With blue guest passes in hand, we promptly began to explore the lot. Noting that it was heavily guarded, we peeped our heads into the security booth, only to find a large photograph of the actor Alec Baldwin, with the words, “Do not ID!” emblazoned across the bottom. The security guard on duty also confided to us that Ethan Embry, co-star of the recently revived television show Dragnet, had paid for a special VIP pass that allowed him special treatment...
...hope to make it an election issue,” said Alec Wysoker ’84, who lives in Riverside, the working-class neighborhood by the Charles which has been a hotbed of Harvard opposition. “We’re not against growth, but it has to be within the bounds set by the citizenry...
...Commission's economic reasoning." The court overturned vetoes blocking two mergers: Schneider Electric's purchase of Legrand and a deal between packaging firms Tetra Laval and Sidel. In June it threw out another case involving two travel firms. The rulings "heaped on the pressure for a change," says Alec Burnside of the law firm Linklaters. And Monti quickly responded by announcing reforms that he hoped would "recover the trust" of the business community by softening his hard-line policies and bringing companies more intimately into his Commission's process. As a possible preview, Monti's crew allowed Carnival cruise line...