Word: arsenale
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Thousands of parents and school officials are calling county health offices to report that the standard arsenal of commercial lice-killing products seems to be having little effect. In Iowa, Virginia and Oklahoma, newspaper articles have discussed the merits of such home remedies as olive oil and vinegar. In Rhode Island, Idaho and Florida, parents are trading tips on smearing their kids' hair with vaseline, steam cleaning the carpets and storing teddy bears in the refrigerator. "It's creating a lot of havoc," says Wayne Kramer, the Nebraska state medical entomologist, who has received 125 calls since the beginning...
...part, Harvard will need continued strong interior play from freshman forward Dan Clemente, whose surprising arsenal of post moves and perimeter shots has played a significant role in the Crimson's success. Clemente scored 18 points in his first career start against B.U. and has complemented Fisher nicely in the paint...
...continuing to build up its forces, mainly air power, in the gulf region but shows no eagerness to use them. How, then, can Saddam be forced to open his doors to the inspectors searching for his hidden arsenal of poison and germs? As Richard Butler, head of the Special Commission, and Defense Secretary William Cohen both stressed last week, the issue is not just Iraq. It is how the world will try to control the spread of weapons of mass destruction for decades to come...
Back in the chilly days of the Cold War, news of a Soviet leader promising to slash one third of his nuclear arsenal would have made banner headlines worldwide. But when Boris Yeltsin made that pledge in Sweden on Tuesday, it barely rated a mention. Which could have something to do with the fact that his spokesman, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, told reporters that his boss had been "tired" when he spoke ? and no, this was not a promise, merely a suggestion...
...Special Commission that runs the inspections, on what might have been hidden during the blackout period. Then his team will try again to enter suspected weapons sites from which the Iraqis, violating Security Council resolutions, have repeatedly barred inspectors. Of most concern to the specialists is the arsenal of biological weapons they are certain Saddam is still concealing. Germ weapons like anthrax and botulinum are so deadly, so easy to make and hide that the monitors are not prepared to take the Iraqis' word that they have destroyed their stocks, especially since Saddam's scientists have denied for years that...