Word: minority
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...began as a minor traffic violation and ended with the fatal shooting of a police officer, a woman's murder and the discovery of a full female scalp in a stolen car. Alex Mengel, 30, a Guyanese-born tool-and-die maker, was returning home from a weekend of target shooting in the Catskill Mountains when a Westchester County, N.Y., police officer made the mistake of pulling him over. Noting spent shotgun shells in Mengel's car, the officer radioed for assistance. But before help could come, Mengel allegedly killed him with a single bullet to the head and fled...
...which killed at least 1,400. The poison there was methyl isocyanate, which, like mesityl oxide, is used in the production of agricultural chemicals. After Bhopal, Union Carbide closed its Institute, W. Va., plant, where methyl isocyanate was manufactured. Since then it has been revealed that there were 62 minor leaks at Institute starting in January 1980. Local safety officials charge that Union Carbide took almost four hours to acknowledge responsibility for last week's leak and two days to disclose what chemicals were involved. "Our initial checking failed to disclose any definite information," said Carbide Spokesman Thad Epps, explaining...
...problem, apparently minor, blemished the perfect report. The doctors found, as they did last year, a noncancerous "inflammatory pseudopolyp" in the President's intestine. This condition may be related to Reagan's diverticulitis, a disorder common to older people that causes pouches to develop in the intestinal walls. This may also be responsible for the blood found in two stool samples. On the advice of his doctors, the President has gone on a high-fiber diet before further tests. Because red meat can cause a positive test for blood in the stool, Reagan will temporarily be eating fewer...
Many professors continued to harbor minor objections to the proposed changes last Tuesday, as the brief debate in the University Hall faculty chamber revealed. But in the end, they swallowed their objections to endorse a long overdue package of improvements...
Many professors continued to harbor minor objections to the proposed changes last Tuesday, as the brief debate in the University Hall faculty chamber revealed. But in the end they swallowed their objections to endorse a long over due package of improvements...