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...California public officials, was only the most spectacular of dozens of leads traded after the fires' first week by 30 law-enforcement representatives at the Los Angeles office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ( ATF). Ablott's team from the Los Angeles County sheriff's arson detail was there, as were police from other afflicted counties. So were FBI agents, whose Washington labs have the capacity to analyze the letter for everything from handwriting style to the DNA of the saliva used to seal the envelope...
Working with videotapes of the races, Butt scrutinized every detail of his crew, from the bladework and body position of his rowers to facial expressions--and discovered a technical flaw: at the catch, the stern of the boat was sinking below the water...
...retrospect, maybe we should have spelled itout in more detail how the process is going towork," she said. "It just wasn't well described in[Green's] letter...
Cover: Computer-altered detail of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam from Art Resource, New York
Despite the roadblocks and potential land mines, adventurous investors can find IPOs to be rewarding, provided they step carefully. The prospectus should be studied in detail. Investors should check out the industry as a whole as well as the company's management and history. As a rule, firms less than five years old ought to be avoided, IPOs should be a small part of a portfolio, and investors should be prepared to hold for the long term. And watch out for spiders...