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...Edward ... heard a great whooshing sound and in the same instant saw the elevator shaft fill with a sudden rocketlike uprush of flame and gas, a blazing cylinder made visible as the elevator door exploded outward, showering sparks and embers on all in the room, setting fires on the green felt of the pool tables, and hurling into the air blazing splinters and sticks, one of which pierced the breast of Katrina and instantly set her gown aflame...
...some circles the techno-bashing Unabomber has become a cultural hero. Nowhere is that irony more apparent than on the technological frontier of the Internet. There, copies of the manifesto are as abundant as flame wars. One site offers a Unabomber theme song, another invites people to attend an upcoming online birthday party for Kaczynski, and a third gives away free "Official Unabomber" screen savers that include "fashion tips" and other surprises. "It's dynamite," promises Corey Deitz, the Cleveland FM-radio jock who helped create the computer program...
...duty to declare the Atlanta Games open. White House communications director Donald Baer recently scouted Atlanta sites for other appearances by the "First Fan." Meanwhile, a series of public events will tie the White House to the Olympics, from Mrs. Clinton's presence at the lighting of the Olympic Flame last week in Greece to a ceremony on the White House lawn on June 21 honoring the 5,000 community heroes who will relay the torch across...
...tens of thousands of dollars of water damage; a large fire can be tragic. The staff writes that we should be treated as adults. As much as I enjoy autonomy, I don't feel like dying because the idiot next door doesn't know how to handle an open flame. If smoking and kitchens prove to be fire hazards, then perhaps those should be banned...
...flame that first lit Grey's fuse was a riverboat casino in Galena, Illinois, the quaint Mississippi River town where he lived quietly with his wife and served as the local Methodist pastor. In 1991, 81% of the townspeople voted against playing host to the boat, but the referendum was nonbinding, and local officials, thirsting for revenue, invited it to dock anyway. "I got mad," recalls Grey. Now, with this nationwide campaign, he adds, "I'm getting even." This hometown fight led to invitations to speak in Iowa, Indiana, Missouri and other states grappling with a riverboat onslaught. Grey...