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...latest revelations revived speculation linking Maxwell's death to the dire financial condition of his media empire. Although the preliminary autopsy report claimed the 300-lb. 68-year-old died of "natural causes," the exact circumstances of his death are still unknown. Even Maxwell's Mirror reported in its Thursday edition that at the time of his death the magnate was under increasing pressure to meet debt obligations. But while the events leading up to his demise remain obscure, one point is now very clear: Maxwell's wealth was more financial illusion than reality...
...during World War II, Gallagher flew through the mushroom clouds of 12 nuclear tests in 1952 and 1953 to record radiation levels. He later went to the White House, serving in the Office of Emergency Preparedness. Now 69, Gallagher is described as a superpatriot and a student of such dire scenarios as the postattack consequences of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. Says Becton: "He's a solid citizen, a guy who has dedicated his entire life to this, and I suspect he won't leave until he has to be carried out in a box." Gallagher declined to be interviewed...
Besides the dire financial position, there is also a problem of time, said Knowles. The posts will terminate at the end of this academic year, which does not leave administrators much time to respond...
Surely, in the eyes of the Peninsula staff, as Harvard's self-proclaimed harbingers of Truth, the sexual practices of many heterosexuals are not beyond reproach. If 10 percent of the Harvard-Radcliffe community is in dire need of 56 pages of conservative sexual enlightenment concerning same-sex attraction, then certainly a "special triple issue," say 80 pages or more, dedicated to pointing out the "truth" to the 90 percent of Peninsula's heterosexual "patients" who practice premarital sex would not be too much...
...conspiracy, including B.C.C.I.'s secret ownership of Washington-based First American Bankshares, said Mazur, who testified behind a frosted-glass partition and spoke into a voice-altering microphone to protect his identity. "We needed a & lot more help than we had," said Mazur, who blamed the lapse on a dire shortage of staff and overly generous plea bargaining...