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...this summit of images, the quintessential picture of the press may have been the pack that gathered around the President as he walked into a reception held by the Swiss government. "Have you agreed on anything?" they shouted. "Can't say," Reagan replied puckishly, throwing up his hands in mock despair...
...proposals to enhance security, only to be defeated in the face of industry opposition. One bill would have required plants to defend themselves against a 9/11-size enemy force, perhaps aided by air-and-water-based attacks. Another would have created a federal Nuclear Security Force and a 20-member mock terrorist team to test the plants regularly, The NRC and industry representatives argued against such a federalized force on the ground that the close cooperation between plant operators and guards would be lost if federal employees were protecting the plants. "That would actually create almost a barrier between security...
...provides security at about half the nation's nuclear reactors. "The very company that makes a living guarding nuclear power plants is also testing nuclear power plants' security," says Congressman Markey. "It's like a take-home exam." No one in the industry has forgotten that just before a mock attack against a DOE facility in 2003, Wackenhut "attackers" tipped off Wackenhut guards about the particulars of the drill. Under the new rules, NRC referees are supposed to pay close attention to ensure that Wackenhut's fake attackers aren't holding back when they launch a mock strike against...
With a theatrical flair fit for Rossini, Adjah led a mock funeral procession through campus dining halls on April 3 to dramatize the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. The following morning, student protesters converged on Loeb House at the eastern edge of the Yard, as Harvard’s Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR)—which makes the final call in matters of divestiture—met inside...
...INTENSIFIES EMPTY-THREAT CAMPAIGN AGAINST NORTH KOREA." -Mock news headline from THE ONION