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...death the killer delivers is gruesome. The poison?a few spoonfuls of purple crystal granules of carbofuran, an insecticide, mixed with chicken or duck meat?acts fast, attacking the nervous system much like sarin gas. In minutes, the dogs are drooling and their muscles begin to twitch. Within an hour, they are violently convulsing. If the poison cannot be expunged, they die of shock and respiratory failure. "They are absolutely frantic," says veterinarian Lloyd Kenda. "I'd rather never see another case again...
...mixing with two-time Oscar-winner De Niro should prove an interesting combination. Despite building his career on serious roles in movies like The Godfather, Part II and Taxi Driver, De Niro has already successfully asserted his humorous side in Analyze This and Meet the Parents, alongside funnymen Billy Crystal and Ben Stiller, respectively...
...find it necessary to publish a sexually suggestive photo on your cover? The article is about cancer, not under any circumstances a sexy topic. You trivialized a deadly health problem that affects men as well as women. BARBARA CRYSTAL Melrose, Mass...
Last week, University President Lawrence H. Summers created a bit of a stir by announcing the addition of an “interpretation” to the University-wide Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. The new language appended to the end of the 30-year-old policy made crystal clear what should already have been obvious to everybody: occupying a University building is against Harvard’s rules...
...They fade in and out, never really completely dropping off the radar. And the import of decisions today, decisions made by the bureaucratic cogs that run this venerable institution, will most likely never make anyone’s life easier or more enriching. At least not today. But the crystal ball is half-full, not half-empty. Mixing metaphors obfuscates the point but—to the rescue—the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian morals, gets right down to it. “Larry Summers is many things but he’s not stupid...