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...force as big as Atta's band or anything bigger than the DBT is an "enemy of the state." That means it's the Pentagon's problem. "We recognize that there can be threats to our plants that are greater than what is defined by the DBT," Marvin Fertel, chief nuclear officer of the NEI has told Congress. "Although our security would provide an initial deterrence, at some point such threats are the responsibility of the Federal Government." That wouldn't necessarily do the plant's defenders any good, though. "They could call for the cavalry, but they'd never...
Nonsense, says the NEI's Fertel. The electric industry's research institute concluded that probably only about 100 people would be killed in such an attack, he says. In any case, Fertel has told Congress, the chances of terrorists provoking such a disaster are "so incredibly low it is not credible." One expert who thinks saboteurs would have a difficult time provoking a meltdown is Georges Le Guelte, a former board member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who advises on nuclear-security issues at the Paris-based Institute of International and Strategic Relations. "It would require a relatively large...
DIED. RUTH FERTEL, 75, who as a divorced mother with no business experience mortgaged her home to buy a steak house that spawned a $330 million-a-year worldwide chain, Ruth's Chris Steak House; of lung cancer; in New Orleans...
...Wade. DIED. ROBERT URICH, 55, Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his starring roles in the television detective sagas Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire, of synovial cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that attacks the body's joints; in Thousand Oaks, California. DIED. RUTH FERTEL, 75, self-made success and founder of the international chain Ruth's Chris Steak House; in New Orleans. Fertel got her start in 1965 when she mortgaged her house to purchase a local Louisiana restaurant called Chris Steak House, advertised in a newspaper classified ad by then owner Chris Matulich. DIED. THOR HEYERDAHL...
...Randy J. Fertel, a graduate student in English, said yesterday the new positions of the administrators might make them "more open to challenges," but he was unsure whether the reorganization constituted any significant change...