Word: loosest
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...loosest loose ends is that investigators are not yet sure even what kind of explosive went off in the van. Early reports had them concluding from traces of nitrates found at the blast scene that dynamite had been used. But James Ronay, explosives-unit chief at the FBI laboratory in Washington, says the presence of nitrates in the rubble was "meaningless"; nitrates are contained in exhaust fumes, paint, cleaning materials, foodstuffs and many other substances. Nonetheless, his best guess is that the explosive was in fact dynamite or something similar; the pattern of blast damage is more consistent with dynamite...