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...drug-dealing charges last May by a federal grand jury, but the only one so far to insist on a trial (three others pleaded guilty, and no trial dates have been set for the remaining three). In return for promises of cooperation, prosecutors went out of their way to conceal the identity of the players who allegedly bought cocaine from the seven defendants. But Strong's trial destroyed that protective strategy, and the ballplayers were called to testify after being granted immunity from prosecution. Those who took the stand last week readily admitted having used the drug. "I consider cocaine...
When they talk about the purely scientific research nature of the SDI at this stage, they do so to somehow conceal that what is under way today is the whole process of developing space-weapons systems. The very fact that the U.S. is now planning to test a second-generation antisatellite system is fraught with the most serious consequences. We will surely react. This test, in effect a test of a second-generation ASAT system, means in fact testing an element of a space-based...
...most popular cosmetic technique is bonding, in which plastic resins are applied directly to the surface of teeth to mask chips, discolorations and cracks, or even to conceal unattractive gaps between teeth. The procedure is simple, and can be performed by almost any dentist. The resins are painted on teeth that have first been prepared by the application of a mild acid solution. Next a layer of tooth-colored material is applied in the desired shape, then the coatings are hardened with either chemicals or a beam of ultraviolet light and polished. Bonding costs anywhere from...
...First Lady has always been a good sport about the rustic pleasures of Rancho del Cielo, but she has been unable to conceal her preference for palling about with old chums like Socialite Betsy Bloomingdale in more citified surroundings. Last week Nancy got a chance to sample the glitzy social whirl of Beverly Hills when the Reagans came down off the mountain for a three-day sojourn in lotus land. They hobnobbed at dinner parties with old Hollywood cronies like Jimmy Stewart, and ate chicken with three of their children (Maureen was in Sacramento) in a $3,000a-night presidential...
...more than 1,100 Nazis in a 38-year campaign. "Mengele lives and breathes," said Menachem Rusek, director of Israel's police unit investigating Nazi crimes, before flying to Sao Paulo last week. "He and his relatives have already managed to play every sophisticated trick in the book to conceal his identity...