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Sometimes it's the little things that count. How little? In San Diego last week U.S. Customs agents seized Atlantis II, an $80 million research vessel once used to explore the wrack of the Titanic, after a routine search turned up traces of pot in the shaving kit of a crew member along with two marijuana pipes. The ship was returned, but only when its owner, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, agreed to send Customs officials a letter supporting the antidrug campaign and promising to tighten security. Zero tolerance strikes again...
...parking lot near the coliseum, a guided hunt is being organized. Participants have paid $29 for registration and for hunting equipment -- snake tongs and hooks made from recycled golf clubs, a snakebite kit, hand mirrors, garbage cans to hold live rattlesnakes and a spray can with a long copper tube filled with unrefined gas for flushing the snakes from their dens. This is the snake-hunting-as-a-sport group, and its members come from as far away as Canada. Hunting garb ranges from Reeboks and jeans to paramilitary Indiana Jones attire, including boots with a side knife and scabbard...
This time the Battle of Britain is over chocolate bars. Foreigners are threatening to gobble up the country's top two candymakers. Rowntree Mackintosh, the maker of Kit Kat bars, is under attack from two Swiss companies seeking a larger share of the world chocolate market. One contender: Zurich-based Jacobs Suchard, which has acquired 18.7% of Rowntree's stock. But the more powerful bidder is giant Nestle, which has offered $3.9 billion for all outstanding shares. Rowntree Chairman Kenneth Dixon is asking the British government to help block the takeover...
...American traveler returning home from Europe has two marijuana cigarettes stashed in his toilet kit. Looking through the passenger's luggage, a Customs official discovers the small cache. In the past the official might have levied a perfunctory fine. In accordance with a new get-tough policy that took effect last week, however, U.S. Customs officers will now arrest, book and fingerprint every person entering the country with illicit drugs, no matter how small the amount...
...this issue: Noam S. Cohen '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Mark M. Colodny '89 Susan B. Glasser '90 Brooke A. Masters '89 Editorial Editor: Garry L. Susman '89 Feature Editor: Benjamin R. Miller '89 Sports Editor: Mark T. Brazaits '89 Julio R. Varela '90 Copy Editor: Kit Troyer '90 Business Editor: Henry Sicignano...