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...Unabomber could easily strike again, more than once, before this happens -- and he suggests the attacks could become more devastating. "We expect," he writes, "we will be able to pack deadly bombs into ever smaller, lighter and more harmless looking packages. On the other hand, we believe we will be able to make bombs much bigger than any we've made before. With a briefcase-full or a suitcase-full of explosives we should be able to blow out the walls of substantial buildings...
More discouraging than Harvard's middle-of-the-pack finish was that the crimson did not play up to its potential...
...Wednesday alone, more than 400 people showed up to help sort and pack donations. "We're taking all kinds of things," said Tim Baker, 45, a senior official with Feed the Children who supervised the frantic loading and unloading of supplies. "At one point they needed rain gear and flashlight batteries. At another point all they wanted was aspirin and cold drinks." He estimates that in a 12-hour period on Wednesday, his volunteers, all of whom showed up that day, moved 100 pickup loads of supplies to the disaster area. People approached from all sides, handing him checks...
...streets. But don't tell that to a particular group of juniors who share more than just a suite in Winthrop house. Of the five residents of this suite, two (Jamie McPartland and Ethan Maniatis) currently keep and use motorcycles at Harvard, encouraged by the original leader of the pack, Gaston de los Reyes, and a third (Eric, "Dwayne" Plaks) has big plans to do so in the near future...
Ever since the trade ban was lifted, moreover, a pack of U.S. companies has raced into the country to sniff out opportunities. But while the embargo's end may have opened the door, no American firm will manufacture in Vietnam products to be sold in the U.S. so long as Vietnam is not granted most-favored-nation status. Such a move enjoys growing support in the Senate, where a resolution calling for full diplomatic ties will be introduced soon. The resolution is popular for reasons that are not only economic but strategic: the end of the cold war has created...