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...sent, it can actually do things. Incoming Telescript messages might be programmed to display information about who mailed them, what they are about and how long they are, helping busy executives decide which ones to read and which to toss. An outgoing message might be programmed to alert the sender if after two days it still has not been read...
...those in the Navy, especially, they are safe enclaves. Buy Bob Damron's Address Book; it lists gay bars near military installations both at home and abroad. But be careful: such clubs are off limits and are often scouted by bands of military police known as "courtesy patrols." Be alert for changing code words. If someone says, "Don't go straight, go forward" or asks, "Are you a friend of Dorothy's?" you'll know you've found the Emerald City...
...Shoemaker, with geologist Eleanor Helin, began the world's first systematic Earth-crossing-asteroid watch. When Helin left in 1982 to launch her own asteroid search, Carolyn, her three children grown, joined Gene. Since then they have been on the alert -- and on the run. Last fall, for example, they went to a conference in Ontario at the site of the 1.8 billion-year-old Sudbury Crater, which is 300 km (188 miles) wide. From there, they flew to Iowa City, Iowa, where Gene examined core samples from the nearby Manson Crater, 35 km (22 miles) across and about...
...cold or flu. Though . valley fever, which has been known for a hundred years, has received scant attention outside the Southwest, the current epidemic is changing that. Last week the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued a warning to physicians nationwide to be on the alert for the disease in patients who may have become infected while traveling...
...opponents have spread stories of anti-Saddam moles within the armed forces, particularly those stationed far from Baghdad. "I think a substantial portion of the military is dissatisfied with him," says a U.S. government expert on Iraq. By creating a crisis, Saddam is able to keep his army on alert and out of politics...