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...Indeed, the most devastating nonmilitary chemical attack ever, by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Tokyo in 1995, killed only a dozen people. One reason is that the delivery method was crude: cultists dropped plastic bags of sarin (smuggled in lunch boxes and soft-drink containers) on a subway platform and pierced them with umbrella tips. Also the amounts were relatively small. Says Smithson: "Any bozo can make a chemical agent in a beaker, but producing tons and tons is difficult." Aum Shinrikyo tried to make the stuff in bulk, recruiting scientists and spending at least $10 million, but it failed...
...presentation. During the Lewinsky scandal, conservatives were sure that the protection of the liberal media had kept President Bill Clinton in office, just as Clinton’s defenders spoke of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” that was keeping the scandal alive. Without a method to employ, however imperfectly, in pursuit of objectivity, the concept of bias becomes less of a tool for seeking truth than a convenient way to ignore evidence whose implications one resists...
When the sound system finally lit up, the crowd erupted in glee as the rap duo Grandes Ligas (Big Leagues) sprinted onstage hurling raps as sharp and rousing as any of those by American rap star Method Man. "!Manos arribas!" (Throw your hands in the air!) shouted Grandes Ligas. The audience let out a roar and answered in English, "And wave them like you just don't care!" Unlike American hip-hop audiences, who usually keep their feet planted on the floor, Cuban hip-hop fans frequently break into wild dancing. "Salsa is everywhere in Cuba...
Pierce, 67, believes music can be the most effective method for attracting young people. It's a mass medium, and one that can reach the unsuspecting. No one is going to read one of his books or pamphlets, or even tune in to one of his radio shows, unless he or she is in the market for hate. "But people turn music on not because they are interested in the message, but because they like the sound," he says...
...installments of The Matrix. DIED. YOSHIAKI SHIRAISHI, 87, a former sushi chef and inventor of kaiten-zushi, a clever conveyor-belt system for serving sushi in restaurants that uses color-coded plates to inform customers of the prices; in Osaka. In 1958, Shiraishi opened the first restaurant using his method, which quickly gained popularity throughout Japan and overseas. DIED. GOVAN MBEKI, 91, father of South African President Thabo Mbeki and longtime antiapartheid activist who was jailed in 1964 along with Nelson Mandela, a fellow African National Congress leader; in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was released from prison...