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...technicians thought they had something really exciting," says a senior expert with a chuckle. It turned out that a communications officer had installed the device; it was a buzzer that alerted him whenever cables came in for processing. The rig was thoroughly tested by the NSA and found harmless...
...night. Bricks in the face. Sirens drowning out the crying. These are the images of violent crime -- the crime generally associated with the most depraved individuals. No one is shocked any longer to hear of atrocities committed by mobsters, drug pushers or psychopaths. But the boy next door? That harmless-looking kid in biology class? The captain of the football team...
John L. Lewis, the late great boss of the United Mine Workers, would rub his shaggy eyebrows in disbelief if he could see a coal miners' strike nowadays. ( No goons with clubs. No beatings. No gunfire (except for an occasional harmless lapse). Instead, in a remote corner of southwestern Virginia, 1,400 striking miners -- and even their wives and kids -- were all decked out in jungle fatigues. A public relations firm was pumping out pamphlets excoriating the bosses. Strike leaders with beepers, walkie-talkies and cellular telephones were blasting orders, tuning in scanners to chart the movements of the state...
...Harmless as pranks like this may seem, health educators warn that the relation between these stunts and alcohol may be more dangerous than most students realize...
...movie extravaganza has a cast of 2,000, including Warren Beatty, Bill Cosby, Bette Midler, Robin Williams, Walter Cronkite, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, David Letterman, Mel Gibson, Pee-wee Herman and George Lucas? Features an earthquake, a shipwreck, a giant bee, several gunfights and a zillion other acts of harmless mayhem? Cost about $500 million to produce -- as much as ten whole Ishtars? And, with gobs of charm, sly wit and relentless good cheer, brings off the film magician's trick of making make-believe believable...