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...University has responded by commissioning a team of Harvard computer programmers that has been working for months to avert disaster, reprogramming, testing and planning...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: deadline to debug | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Before any surgical procedure, it's vital to give doctors a complete medical history, including all drugs and herbal remedies your child takes and any known allergies. A little preparation can avert mishaps and speed your child's recovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids and Surgery | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Measures are being considered to avert such calamities--for example, ringing cornfields with patches of plain, old-fashioned corn so that not all pests become resistant. But these efforts haven't silenced critics, especially in Britain, where a noisy debate is raging over what the London tabloids like to call "Frankenstein foods." Last week the British Medical Association called for a moratorium on commercial planting of all transgenic crops until scientists agree on their safety. In India, Monsanto is running into a p.r. buzz saw in its efforts to introduce a Bt cotton called Bollgard--even as it wrestles with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Corn and Butterflies | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...show the guard the contents of my backpack and raise my arms. For the next minute I enjoy a rough full-body massage as he pats me down looking for automatic weapons. Next to me, Aaron is not doing so well. I hear the familiar snap of latex and avert my eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Fame in the Name | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...show the guard the contents of my backpack and raise my arms. For the next minute I enjoy a rough fullbody massage as he pats me down looking for automatic weapons. Next to me, Aaron is not doing so well. I hear the familiar snap of latex and avert my eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUR6 *** 8:00 A.M. | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

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