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Meanwhile, as the boss was flying home from California Tuesday, Christopher and a reluctant Aspin had been sent to brief congressional leaders on Russia (which drew only one question) and Somalia. In a mistaken attempt at Socratic dialogue, Aspin asked the lawmakers what they thought should be done. This disastrous performance managed only to convince the congressional leaders that the Administration had no clue as to what policy to pursue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somalia: Anatomy of a Disaster | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

McFarlan identified four sources of the problem: data collected for one purpose being used for another; data being sold or exchanged; mistaken information entering the data network; and false information being disseminated deliberately out of malicious intent...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: Computers Threaten Privacy | 10/5/1993 | See Source »

Through much of yesterday, the clock on top of the Cambridge Savings Bank read 10:07. And with many of the lights not working, even this mistaken time was difficult to make...

Author: By Sandra S. Park, | Title: Tickety-Tock, Clock Stopped | 10/5/1993 | See Source »

Perhaps. But here at Fifteen Minutes, we are anything but. Miserable wretches, most of us, clinging to some hope that writing for the mag will somehow serve as validation for our mistaken notions that we are cool...or at least cooler than the rest of the snivelling freaks that we imagine populate Harvard. But we are definitely not, with the possible exception of Molly and June, professionals...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: TATTOO YOU | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

Autoimmune diseases, such as arthritis and AIDS, are caused by the body's mistaken attacks on its own systems. In rheumatoid arthritis sufferers, the body's immune system causes swelling of joint linings. This inflammation damages bone and cartilage and can result in pain, loss of movement and eventual destruction of the joint...

Author: By Virginia A. Triant, | Title: An Oral Treatment for Arthritis? | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

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