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...would have to obtain permission from the U.S. Department of the Interior and Tennessee authorities to do so. Lewis' descendants already support the project. Once the explorer is out of the ground, Starrs could use several technological tools that can coax secrets from the dead. Modern lab tests can detect the tiniest traces of poison or gunpowder residue, DNA analysis can help make identifications and scrutiny with scanning electron microscopes can reveal other telltale marks...
Algae, microscopic plants that live in water, sometimes give off poisons that kill fish. They hide on the bottom, detect fish overhead, then emerge to release their toxins. They also feed off fluids that come from the fish...
Still, improper trades by corporate insiders are hard to police. Poor record keeping and lax enforcement by the SEC, for example, have typically made such cases difficult to detect and prosecute. Unless there is unshakable evidence to the contrary, insiders can easily explain away questionable deals as simply being fortuitous. And often even the most flagrant-appearing trades can fall within legal bounds. The Bioscience transactions, now challenged by shareholders as improper, apparently satisfied SEC guidelines. Explains Robert Gabele, president of Invest/Net, a Fort Lauderdale research firm that tracks insider trades: "Many corporate insider trades are not illegal, just unethical...
...Kennedy assassination was the first majorpsychic dislocation, the first political shock, ofthe '60s. So many followed. And yet I rememberthat time as one of shining optimism, of highenergy; most of us felt we could change the world(an attitude I never detect in my children'sgeneration...
...VALUE, THE LEAKS DESCRIBING A major medical study last week were profoundly disturbing. It's already known that about 1 in 9 American women will develop breast cancer during her life. Now, said the report, it turns out that women ages 40 to 49 who get routine mammograms to detect early breast cancer are actually more likely to die from the disease than those who avoid the tests. Most experts currently believe it's the other way around, and many doctors have long urged women in that age group to have a mammogram every year or two. If the evidence...