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More chronically worrisome to environmentalists are the secondary disasters, those that lead to the slow poisoning of ground or water. Hazardous-and nuclear-waste dumping fit into this category. With little knowledge or thought of the long-term consequences, factory trash containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chloroform, dioxin and radioactive traces is buried underground or dumped into the ocean. Although absolute links are difficult to prove scientifically, many of the chemicals in hazardous wastes are believed to cause cancer and birth defects. More than 66,000 different compounds are used in industry, and less than 2% have been tested for possible...
...that doesn't give people the type of life they really need," observed Jarvik after the first successful use of the device. According to Jarvik, other improvements in the technology are on the horizon. The current heart, which weighs three-quarters of a pound, is too large to fit in most women's smaller chest cavities; its successor, the Jarvik-8, will ultimately be available in more than one size, including a streamlined model for people with small frames...
Those chosen for the study in which the Harvard students recently took part passed through a series of tests before their selection. First, Orzack explained, they were grilled over the phone to find out what types of drugs they had taken recreationally. If they fit the bill in that department, they were asked to visit McLean for a further series of tests and interviews...
...bankers often do not fit the button-down mold traditionally associated with high finance. Says Donald Waite, a director of the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co.: "Bankers are no longer bankers. They are a whole lot of different things, and above all they are managers who can handle a group of disparate enterprises." At Citicorp, for example, Jesse Fink, 27, who studied forestry before receiving his M.B.A., heads the company's direct-mail program. Says he: "This organization is not very age conscious. You can get a lot of responsibility quickly." Says Vice President Jennie Schreder...
Flynn's office responded with outrage, saying they had arranged the Fancuil Hall visit without any knowledge of the Harvard event. Mayor Flynn publicy accepted a hasty apology drafted by news office head David Rosen, but went on to imply that Boston was better fit to welcome the bishop because the city has divested from firms doing business in the racist state of South Africa while Harvard...