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...little trouble getting the two-thirds majority needed to ratify the INF accord, such likely opponents of the treaty as North Carolina's Jesse Helms and Wyoming's Malcolm Wallop may aim to scuttle it by mustering a majority in favor of amendments that sound reasonable but would prove lethal...
...been a strange year for American movies. The most popular films of 1987 have a dark hue: violent policiers (Beverly Hills Cop II, The Untouchables, Lethal Weapon, Stakeout), corrosive Viet Nam memorials (Platoon and Full Metal Jacket), thrillers about sexual anxiety (Fatal Attraction). Steven Spielberg has flown to the dark side of E.T.: in Empire of the Sun a boy goes to war, and nearly goes mad. Even the comedies are cynical. The Secret of My Success got Michael J. Fox into bed with his uncle's wife to help advance his career. The Witches of Eastwick sent Satan...
...most lethal attack against a target inside Israel since March 1978, when eleven Palestinian gunmen killed 37 Israelis and wounded 82 after hijacking a bus. Officials voiced rare criticism of their troops last week, pointing out that those in charge of the camp had taken few or no precautions despite a general military alert. Not only did the guard at the gate leave the area when the shooting started, but many of the soldiers killed and wounded had been playing backgammon and checkers in a "clubhouse" tent when the guerrilla entered the military camp. "How did it happen," asked Army...
...dose was lethal, Cetkovic said, he would use it to commit suicide...
...when a 73-year-old cardiac patient experienced shortness of breath after he observed Angelo injecting a substance into his intravenous tube. Angelo confessed last week to giving 35 such injections this year. Authorities suspect that ten to 20 patients have died in the past three months from the lethal doses. The bodies of several will be exhumed to determine whether they were victims of a deadly bid for popularity...