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...suppose we were dogs; say, baby German shepherds. Four months would be enough time for us to grow from harmless pups to vicious monsters...
Need this security risk bother most Harvard students? From a practical standpoint, the answer is no; unless you have a penchant for buying items with your credit card over the Internet, use of Navigator version 1.1N (the one available from the Science Center) is harmless. If you're still concerned, simply avoid typing credit card or other personal information into any document on the World Wide Web. For extra peace of mind, select the Netscape "Preferences" option and make sure that all security alerts are turned...
...behavior as "outrageous" and "absolutely indefensible." Lukashenko eventually ordered an investigation of the episode and by week's end had invited American officials to participate. That may eventually shed light on who is responsible. But what cannot be explained, or fathomed, is how anyone can shoot down something as harmless as a helium balloon. "This is so senseless," said Ruth Ludwig of the Balloon Federation of America. "It's the most benign thing people can do, floating around...
...Houston. DeLay studied biology in college and went to work at a pesticide-formulation company in the early 1970s. There he learned that the EPA was banning Mirex, a pesticide that kills fire ants, aggressive interlopers from South America with a painful bite. DeLay, who believes Mirex is harmless, says this was his first exposure to the EPA's blundering ways. He claims that the delicensing of Mirex and another pesticide, chlordane, severely affected his extermination business, costing him more to do less...
...Senate ethics investigation of alleged sexual misbehavior by the Senator from Oregon has gone on for 32 months, far longer than anyone expected. For much of that time, many Senators seemed willing to write off the accusations against Packwood as harmless ardor on his part or inept passes that were permissible under unstated standards by the Senate of a bygone era. Now suddenly the mood has changed. Though the Ethics Committee's recommendations are at least a month away, there is growing consensus that the penalty will be and must be harsh. The charge that tipped the balance was that...