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...memo from the British Ministry of Transport dated Dec. 19. The alert warned British airlines and airports and some foreign carriers of a new type of terrorist bomb, packed with the Czechoslovak-made explosive Semtex, that could be hidden in a radio-cassette player. The memo contained an elaborate list of clues for detecting such devices, including the failure of the cassette player to function normally and more wiring than usual for a portable player. "Its sophistication, and the effort taken to conceal it," said the warning, "suggest it could have been intended for use against an aviation target...
Others viewed the findings with caution, noting that a cause-and-effect relationship between passive smoking and cervical cancer remains to be shown. Still, declared Lawrence Garfinkel, an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society, "cervical cancer should probably be added to the list of tobacco- induced cancers...
After turning in my own ballot and asking to have my name checked off of the list of voters, Chodacki informed me that "We don't have a list. We're just remembering people...
When I complained about these lax measures she replied, "We're supposed to have a list, but we're just trusting people not to vote more than once...
Radcliffe officials offered a new picture of the search for a Radcliffe president this week. Although they admit that Yale Professor of Psychology Judith Rodin removed her name from the list of candidates late in the search process, they now say she was never actually offered the post. Their rationale: Until the Board of Trustees votes to approve an offer, it is not official. Of course, the Board doesn't vote until a candidate has said she will accept the post...