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"LADIES! LADIES! YOU GOTTA BUY THIS. THIS IS THE GREATEST INVENTION," Mariann Raftery says loudly, waving a plastic bag of prepared salad greens in the middle of the local A&P in Scarsdale, an affluent suburb just 15 miles north of New York City. Seven well-dressed Japanese women, pens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISPATCHES: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHEEZ-WHIZ | 8/28/1995 | See Source »

Villavicencio shows the ransom note he's received to the class. Six suspects with pens, all college-aged teachers, are rounded up in the room. Villavicencio asks for advice on how to figure out who did the deed.

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Summer Science Allows Harvard Students, Cambridge Kids to Play With Slime and Sound | 8/4/1995 | See Source »

At this, the suspects hold up their pens. Unfortunately, every pen has black ink. Fingerprinting isn't possible and everyone agrees that people can disguise their writing.

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Summer Science Allows Harvard Students, Cambridge Kids to Play With Slime and Sound | 8/4/1995 | See Source »

Now comes the science--if the ink in each of the pens can be broken down to find out what colors make it up, the class can figure out who kidnaped Janet Jackson.

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Summer Science Allows Harvard Students, Cambridge Kids to Play With Slime and Sound | 8/4/1995 | See Source »

Bonanno gives the suspects their pens, and Diego, a counselor at the summer camp, is named a suspect. The class issues a collective "ooooh." Xiomara, a student who sits on the left hand side of the room, is also picked as a suspect.

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: Summer Science Allows Harvard Students, Cambridge Kids to Play With Slime and Sound | 8/4/1995 | See Source »

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