Word: leon
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...origin of matter and energy and could help them achieve a long-sought goal: to weave the four known forces of nature--electromagnetism, gravity, the weak force (responsible for radioactive decay) and the strong force (which holds atomic nuclei together)--into a single, elegant, grand unified theory. Says Leon Lederman, director of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), the high-energy physics facility near Chicago: "With the SSC, we are bound to make fantastic new discoveries...
Improbable as it might seem, all this geopolitical turbulence, and more, could be traced to the bizarre cruise-liner hijacking, which also resulted in the cold-blooded murder of U.S. Passenger Leon Klinghoffer, 69. Asked a senior State Department official as he surveyed the diplomatic damage: "How could four idiots fail in their mission and still cause so much trouble...
...human terms, the most poignant new development came on Monday, when the body of Leon Klinghoffer washed ashore near the Syrian port of Tartus. The Achille Lauro was off the Syrian coast when the retired Manhattan appliance manufacturer, who was partly paralyzed by two strokes and confined to a wheelchair, had been killed and his body thrown overboard. Abbas and P.L.O. Chairman Arafat, among others, had publicly questioned whether Klinghoffer had actually been shot. The Syrian government of President Hafez Assad, a foe of Arafat's, quickly reported the discovery of the corpse, and an FBI agent flew to Damascus...
...playing with grenades on their belts, like little kids." Falsely told by the terrorists that her husband was in the ship's infirmary, she tried to sneak there for a visit, but was stopped. Only after the hijackers abandoned ship, she said, did she learn that her husband Leon had been slain...
...proposal by Rep. Leon E. Panetta (D-Cal.) will also help young Americans interested in volunteer work. He has proposed a National Youth Volunteer Act, which would grant matching funds to local public service programs. The bill, which is currently in a house subcommittee, has received the endorsement and support of President...