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...latest information adds weight to several reports about the dangers of silicone gel, a substance also sold as a sealant and Silly Putty. If it stayed inside its envelope, the gel would pose little danger. But doctors have found that over the years it can leak into the surrounding breast tissue. In some cases, especially in poorer-quality implants manufactured between 1975 and 1985, the sacs rupture, spilling their contents into the body. The immune system's attempt to wall off this foreign chemical can cause inflammation and severe chest pain. Worse, the silicone can migrate to the lungs, liver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Strike Against Silicone | 1/20/1992 | See Source »

...victim of that policy is FORREST MCCARTNEY, director of the Kennedy Space Center, who was forced out last month after he twice refused to approve a final "go for launch" because of safety concerns. Both flights went smoothly after the problems were fixed -- in one case a hydrogen-fuel leak and in another a warped hinge and latch. William Lenoir, a former astronaut and top NASA official, insisted that McCartney had to go. NASA administrator and former astronaut Richard Truly concurred and offered McCartney a desk job at Washington headquarters. But McCartney has quit, to look for "a job where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Nasa, He Who Hesitated Is Out | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

Black reporters at the Globe condemned the leak, calling it "blatant racism," and complained that Howe's apology was unrepentant...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Globe Reporters Meet On Pay Raise, Leaks | 12/3/1991 | See Source »

Much of yesterday's meeting focused on the leak of information about the situation to the rival Boston Herald, which made the controversy public, and the racial tension that resulted. The reporter who received the raise is Black...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Globe Reporters Meet On Pay Raise, Leaks | 12/3/1991 | See Source »

...June executives of the Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati complained to police that company information was being illegally leaked to a reporter. To identify the source of the leak, Cincinnati Bell, acting in response to a grand jury subpoena, searched the phone records of every one of its 655,000 customers in the 513 and 606 area codes. P&G executives later conceded that the investigation was an error in judgment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assaulting Our Privacy: Nowhere to Hide | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

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