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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three lines. Police arrived within minutes, administered some first aid and spirited thousands to hospitals, where doctors who suspected what had happened administered atropine, a sarin antidote. But for some it was too late. Kazumasa Takahashi, an assistant station manager at the Kasumigaseki stop, overstayed his shift to mop up the mystery liquid and dispose of the package that leaked it. He died a few hours later, and a colleague who helped him perished the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN'S PROPHET OF POISON: Shoko Asahara | 4/3/1995 | See Source »

This is the union that is allowing private companies to replace Harvard's own cleaning operation. Workers may lose, but the union doesn't. 254 represents not only the in-house cleaners but also the people who mop the floors for the private companies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Employees Exploited | 2/11/1995 | See Source »

...final, Andre Agassi (minus the mop and Brooke Shields, who is starring in Grease on Broadway) topped Pete Sampras in four sets...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Meet Your Sports Executives! | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...Californians continued to mop up heavy rain damage, flash-flood warnings were issued today for the northern half of the state, where a new storm is expected to hit tonight. Another large storm system is moving toward southern California from the Pacific. The two-week onslaught of rain has taken ten lives and caused an estimated $300 million in damages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA BRACES FOR NEW STORM | 1/13/1995 | See Source »

Carnesale said last May that he would also serve as Rudenstine's advisor and mop-up man--a pronouncement that seems a bit ironic...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs and Marion B. Gammill, S | Title: Acting President Carnesale Known for Administrative Skill | 11/29/1994 | See Source »

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