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...TREATY] Convention on Biological Diversity [GENERAL PURPOSE] To protect threatened plant and animal species [OTHER HOLDOUTS] No developed nation...
...year ago. The school was evacuated, but search dogs found no bomb. Police did, however, catch the boys who called in the threat, one a Webster student, who was expelled. It gets the teachers talking about security in general--and Columbine in particular. "The bombs at Columbine were planted beforehand, at night, when there wouldn't be any witnesses," says Ken Winingham, who teaches psychology. "Our school is wide open at night. If you want to plant a bomb here, you can." But the team can't agree on any new restrictions on access. They suggest the school install...
...herbaria, located on Divinity Ave., houses libraries and a large collection of plant and fungal specimens...
Good departments run an aggregate of water-pumping engines--the front line of defense, first to the fire. The engines are backed up by the trucks, whose firefighters rescue trapped people and ventilate fire buildings. For cities with special needs--say, a large chemical-spewing plant near a residential area--apparatus and personnel trained to handle hazards...
Last July, after a leak at a reactor in Fukui prefecture, operators gave 90 visitors a tour outside the plant, even though they hadn't found the source of the leak and didn't know the extent of the damage. Videotapes of another plant accident were tampered with by a plant official. In 1997 managers at another plant in Tokaimura tried to cover up an explosion that left 37 workers contaminated by radiation. The revelation prompted then Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to declare, "I am so angry, I cannot utter a word." But his apoplexy effected little change...