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With the bomb theory fading for lack of hard evidence, the focus of the NTSB investigation has returned to mechanical failure and the possibility that a spark, despite built-in safeguards, may have somehow caused the center fuel tank to explode. Again, the problem is evidence: there is none. Computer modeling--or the simulated explosion of a retired jumbo jet--may be required to buttress the theory...
...their disposal were drugs designed to disable the immune system, if only partially. A mixture of azathioprine, prednisone and antilymphocyte globulin was the choice in the 1960s. In the '80s, cyclosporine proved even more effective. It was assumed that these drugs worked simply by disarming the body's built-in commandos--the human leukocyte antigens (HLAS) and T cells--long enough for the invading organs to gain a foothold...
...week's ruling puts responsibility for determining what children may see on the Internet squarely in the hands of parents and teachers. Several software products, including SurfWatch, Cyber Patrol and Net Nanny, allow adults to screen content on their home PCs, while most of the large online providers offer built-in "parental controls" or free screening software. But computer programs don't obviate the need for adult supervision. Even SurfWatch, which pays graduate students to troll the Internet in search of offensive material, promises only 90% effectiveness. And to achieve that, its software filters must, of necessity...
Windows 95 users are in luck, though, since Microsoft requires that all programs bearing the "Designed for Windows 95" logo come with a built-in uninstaller program to remove themselves completely from your hard disk...
...certainly the case that John Finley quite consciously built a kind of house," says Secretary of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences John B. Fox Jr. '59. "Rhodes scholarship in those days being awarded for athletic participation, he had a built-in corner on the market...