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...Crimson's upset of Holy Cross two weeks ago, the Crusaders had Fleming double teamed most of the afternoon, and yet he still managed to defend his corner and on occasion his lethal pass rush...
...THING for correspondents in West Beirut to have felt some sympathy for the Palestinians. That was to be expected because when bombs dropped, they were just as lethal to journalists as they were to their intended targets. But the possibility that members of the press could have been intimidated to write stories favorable to the PLO is another matter altogether. Such knowledge is essential to a reader--sitting safely at home--in his or her evaluation of what should ideally be an objective news story...
...killed at least 7,000 people. Typically, a plane sweeps in low over an isolated village, spraying a yellowish cloud or dropping bombs that burst in a shower of sticky beads. The rain, says the survivor of an April attack, feels "wet like rain and hot like chilies." The lethal ingredient of yellow rain is a poorly understood class of mycotoxins, or fungal poisons, known as trichothecenes, that apparently kill by rupturing blood vessels and inhibiting the blood's clotting ability. Within minutes of a yellow rain attack, villagers' eyes start to burn; soon after that, their skin...
DeLillo's salesmen carry more than lethal baggage, however, and they are more than walking editorials against fanaticism on one border and imperialism on the other. The author's main weapon, and his most formidable defense, is the word in description and dialogue. As Axton finally ascends the Acropolis, a pilgrimage he formerly dismissed as touristy, he speaks the author's mind as well as his own: "I move past the scaffolding and walk down the steps, hearing one language after another, rich, harsh, mysterious, strong. This is what we bring to the temple, not prayer...
...Chicago hospital received 700 calls about Tylenol in one day. People in Pittsburgh, Cleveland and other cities were hospitalized on suspicion of cyanide poisoning. Dr. William Robertson, director of the Poison Control Center in Seattle, offered some grim words of reassurance: "If it was going to be a lethal dose, you wouldn't have time to call...