Word: lethality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Minutemen's game plan to shut down the Crimson's lethal offensive weapons, Chad Barker and Marshall, was working...
...those are only the non-lethal problems. Saddam's close ties to terrorist groups -- Abu Nidal is just one Baghdad favorite -- could put U.S. citizens at risk everywhere. And then there are the hostages, 3,500 Americans held against their will in Iraq and Kuwait. Of all the potential political threats to Bush, this is the greatest. The sight of yellow ribbons, already a staple of the evening news, will fester like an open wound. Terrified of the nightmare that doomed Jimmy Carter's presidency, the White House is straining to avoid the H word. To no avail, of course...
...long ocean journey, the Army maintains that it is safer than lengthy transport by trucks or trains. An Army study shows that a shipboard accident would spread a lethal nerve-gas cloud no farther than 52 miles, but that may be little comfort to the 1,200 residents of Johnston Island, which is only two miles long. The Army concedes that terrorists could try to sabotage the cargo, but it minimizes the threat. As a precaution, however, it will not disclose just when the two ships carrying the chemicals will set sail or give any hint of the course they...
Kimber said Gilette currently uses both the draize eye-irritancy test and the lethal-dose toxicity test in their laboratories, both of which were developed in the first half of the century. The draize test, involves immobilizing rabbits and dropping caustic substances into their eyes. In the lethal-dose toxicity test, poisonous substances are sprayed into the animals' faces...
...Connor and refuse to take a firm stand on such a specific issue during confirmation hearings. If the Democrats settle for this non-answer, they would save the Senate from a bloody floor fight but would incur the wrath of pro-choice activists everywhere. This could be lethal for Democrats and pro-choice Republicans alike...