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Deadly Devices C.R. Bard Inc., one of the world's largest medical devicemakers, pleaded guilty last week to federal charges of selling untested heart catheters. The firm will pay $61 million in criminal fines and federal civil damages. The devices killed at least one person and caused 22 others to...
For many of the 540,000 residents of El Paso, Texas, life these past four weeks has been noticeably less stressful. They have enjoyed less traffic on their streets. They have been able to walk and drive through downtown without being accosted by panhandlers, windshield washers and purse-snatching kids...
''It looked like a blacklist, it smelled like a blacklist,'' says Barry Lynn, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. ''If any letter has a chilling effect, this one froze people.'' The document in question is a letter that Attorney General Edwin Meese's Commission on Pornography mailed to...
The language was dry, understated, yet painfully clear. What caused the space shuttle Challenger to explode last Jan. 28, killing its seven passengers? ''Failure of the pressure seal in the aft-field joint of the right solid-rocket motor.'' Why was the shuttle allowed to fly if unsafe? ''Neither Thiokol...
South African folklore contains proud tales of ''going into the laager.'' During the 19th century, Afrikaner settlers under attack would form their wagons into a circle, set up a line of defense and then bravely fight off the fierce black tribesmen. Last week the South African government went into a...