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...lawyers to intercept his mail and bodyguards to screen his movements, the fugitive managed to elude the U.S. Capitol police for ten days. Finally, a stakeout caught him at a stoplight near his home in Great Falls, Va. Running in a half crouch, Sergeant Tom Moore sprinted past a backup car of security men, reached through the auto's open window and slapped his quarry on the chest with a congressional subpoena. "O.K., you got me," the captive conceded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Ollie, the Artful Dodger | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...also "allows a singer to use a lot of different performing qualities," says Maureen N. McLane '89, a member of the co-ed Opportunes and director of an informal singing troupe known as the Currier House Singing Rats. "It takes a lot of different talents. There are opportunities for backup singing, soloing, dramatics and acting, and choreographed moves. It's an entirely different dynamic...

Author: By Christopher G. Azzoli, | Title: Harvard's Vaudeville: Groups Hit High Note | 4/21/1988 | See Source »

...commercial software product known to have been a virus carrier. The bug could just as easily have instructed its host computers to erase their storage disks. Several companies are now marketing "vaccine" programs that offer some protection against uninvited invaders, but none are foolproof. Experts advise users to make backup copies of their important disks and to regard each new piece of software as a potential carrier until it has been thoroughly tested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Nothing To Sneeze At | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...number the vessel can accommodate, said Undergraduate Council Chairman Evan J. Mandery '89. Tickets cost $7. The council may also sell tickets at other colleges such as Boston University, Boston College and Wellesley College, he said. "Our hope is to sell out here, so that's kind of our backup," he added...

Author: By Gia Lee, | Title: Council's Cruise Ship Sails Next Saturday | 4/9/1988 | See Source »

...defendants have their way, the Iran-contra case will never come to trial. Defense attorneys will try to undermine Walsh's investigation from two angles. In January a federal appeals court ruled that the law authorizing independent counsels is unconstitutional. Walsh is protected by a backup appointment from Attorney General Edwin Meese. But the three months' worth of evidence that Walsh gathered before Meese's appointment could be ruled inadmissible if the Supreme Court strikes down the independent-counsel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy, Fraud, Theft and Cover-Up: Iranscam Indictment by Walsh | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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