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...Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar--to reduce the threat of nuclear proliferation. Nunn-Lugar and other programs spend $872 million a year to safeguard the former Soviet Union's weapons of mass destruction. Washington has had some spectacular successes in this field; in 1994, more than 1,300 lbs. of fissile material were airlifted from Kazakhstan to the U.S. But critics contend that Nunn-Lugar is underfunded. The Bush Administration has proposed cutting its budget $100 million this year, a sum that took $20 million out of a program designed to find jobs for unemployed Russian nuclear scientists...
...roommate in the knee after an argument.) The Boston police had been trying to arrest him since March for violating probation on the assault charge. Since Sept. 11, 2000, he has held a commercial driver's license that certifies him to transport hazardous materials--more than 10,000 lbs. of explosives, for example. In recent weeks, according to Michigan records, he applied for two duplicate copies of this license; one application was made six days after the attacks...
...Laden reportedly tried to obtain uranium from the breakaway Soviet states, but his sources bilked him, offering instead low-grade reactor fuel and radioactive garbage. Even if he had been successful, says von Hippel, it would take at least 150 lbs. of uranium plus hundreds of pounds of casing and machinery to make a weapon. "Nobody's going to be carrying a bomb around in a suitcase," he says...
...worked wonders with the Crimsons extremely effective offensive line. Despite losing All-Ivy lineman Mike Clare 01, this year the O-line returned four seniors and looked better this Saturday than they did the year before. The four seniorsDanny Kistler, Steve Collins, Jason Hove and Justin Starkaverage 260 lbs. and all have starting experience...
...Laden reportedly tried to obtain uranium from the breakaway Soviet states, but his sources bilked him, offering instead low-grade reactor fuel and radioactive garbage. Even if he had been successful, says von Hippel, it would take at least 150 lbs. of uranium plus hundreds of pounds of casing and machinery to make a weapon. "Nobody's going to be carrying a bomb around in a suitcase," he says...