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...relied on reconnaissance aircraft and high-tech drones for its intelligence. In addition, since Arab forces took Israel by surprise in the 1973 October War, the U.S. has provided Jerusalem with top-secret satellite information to help meet its defense needs. But the Israelis complain that U.S. officials "filter" the information, omitting data that Washington deems irrelevant. The Israelis also grumble that they receive the data too late. Israel regularly petitions the U.S. for its own ground links to American satellites, but Washington refuses. Supporters of Israel blame America's stinginess with its data for Israel's recruitment of Jonathan...
...secret at all: magazine ads that the tobacco companies published in the 1950s and '60s. Among them were ads that appeared in 1954 issues of LIFE, in which such Hollywood stars as Barbara Stanwyck and Rosalind Russell gave testimonials for L&M's new "miracle product," the "alpha cellulose" filter that is "just what the doctor ordered." Several other brands made similar claims at the time in response to increasing nervousness about smoking and health. R.J. Reynolds said, "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette...
...accomplished dancer--tango, salsa, waltz and swing. She learned how to salsa while in Berlin last year. And when she wasn't studying or salsa-ing, Rodriguez worked at the Knecht Auto Oil Filter Company. Her duties at Knecht ranged from data processing and bookkeeping to serving on an assembly line...
Another example of Harvard's ties to the corporate world is the Polaroid Corporation, which grew out of Harvard in 1930. As a Harvard student, Edwin H. Land invented a type of plastic filter that polarizes light and later founded the company...
...times all -- of the air in many office buildings is recirculated. "Without adequate dilution by fresh air, pollution levels build up," explains Robert Phalen, an environmental specialist at the University of California in Irvine. "It's like being in a submarine. No matter how good the air filter is, there's always going to be residual pollution...