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...however, insist that Carey stood by while his own local was infiltrated by the Mob. His secretary-treasurer, John Long, was convicted in 1988 for embezzlement (the conviction was reversed on procedural grounds). Carey says he did nothing wrong, but the scandal has raised questions about his ability to monitor underlings. Last month a major reform group, Teamsters for a Democratic Union, was censured for making illegal contributions to Carey's campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Revving Up For a Cleanup? | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Today Israel uses a work-permit card system, running on U.S. equipment (the name of the supplier is an Israeli secret), to monitor the movement of Palestinians living in the occupied territories. Singapore, known for its strict regulation of everything from littering to drug peddling, has purchased more than $12 million worth of computer equipment from NEC, including a machine-readable ID-card system (with laser-engraved thumbprint) and an automated fingerprint-identification system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peddling Big Brother | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...days, thanks to advance warnings and speedy evacuations. But great dangers remained. Fearing bigger explosions, officials ordered tens of thousands evacuated. An approaching typhoon, moreover, threatened to send destructive mudslides down the mountain. Whatever happens, the swift action by the government reflected the improving ability of scientists to monitor volcanic activity and identify the telltale events that presage eruptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Them Blow | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...physical swelling of mountain slopes, well documented at Mount St. Helens, is a sign of explosive potential. Laser-based devices can pick up minute bulges that are about the width of a nickel and still invisible to the naked eye. In Japan researchers have set up video cameras to monitor the shape and color of fumes at 19 of the country's most worrisome volcanoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Makes Them Blow | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...nation gaining confidence in its new shuttle, flexing its space legs and preparing to go farther. After all, if we were going to send humans to Mars or back to the moon, the astronauts needed a place to assemble their giant spaceships; if we were going to monitor large-scale changes on earth, scientists needed a platform to watch from; if ultra-pure drugs and crystals produced in zero gravity were going to revolutionize industry, technicians needed a place to make the stuff. The space station was supposed to cost $8 billion and be ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Requiem for The Space Station | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

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