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...adviser to the agency on ozone issues, told reporters. On the other hand, he said, the ozone level could recover within a half-century. The report, the work of 226 scientists around the globe, explains that international efforts to reduce the use of chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, have made a dent but take a few years to clear...
Some would say he was also a very good predator. Stories of Diller's temper and hauteur still raise hackles around many a Hollywood campfire. It's said that Diller, furious at Fox programmer Stephen Chao, threw a videotape past Chao, making a dent in the wall; Chao framed the dent. Thus does Diller, whose stare can go through you like a power drill, inspire passions and animosities. Says a studio executive: "People who have worked for Barry and then escaped have a secret handshake. They consider themselves lucky survivors, like the Schindler Jews...
Thesis writers and other book-hungry students should still be able to check out books normally because the bar code on the ID that is scanned at checkout accesses the library's stu- dent database, which has been changed toaccount for the expirations...
...Editor's note--Dave: Get used to it. It's ALWAYS New York bashing season in Boston. Besides, Bucky Dent can break Boston's bones, but words never seem to hurt the Big Apple...
...that only partially allayed stu- dent concerns. Allan H. Erbsen '94 said he wasin the midst of general examinations andconstruction at any time of day during readingperiod was unacceptable...