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...Edwin Wilson's roller-coaster ride as a freelance spy flew off the rails in 1982, when he was lured out of Libya in a sting operation conducted by U.S. marshals. He then was convicted in a series of sensational trials for gunrunning, selling 20 tons of C-4 plastic explosives to Libya and conspiring to murder two of his prosecutors. After that, Wilson was sentenced to 52 years' hard time in maximum-security prisons...
...arrival, supporters snacked on Swedish fish and red and green holiday goldfish—a nod to Haddock’s last name—as they anxiously awaited the election results in Currier. Chrix E. Finne ’07 walked around the room blowing the plastic red “Horn of Gondor” that he has sounded in front of the Science Center every day this week to draw attention to the Haddock-Riley posters. Fliers taped to the walls in Tuchman Living Room showed pictures of the campaign’s “stunt...
Check out this hardware store’s vast array of snow shovels, ranging from $12.49 to $25.99. Embrace the holiday spirit, pick up one in red or green, and block your least favorite entryway with a mound of snow. The store also sells plastic disks, toboggans, and inflatable tubes—all under $10, and just as effective at door-blocking...
...drinking is that you never know what to do with your hands. If conversation stalls, you can’t raise your drink contemplatively to your lips—no, you have to stand there and look stupid. You’re missing the universal prop, the plastic cup, and you’re defenseless...
With rising oil prices, a consumer push for greener products and the growth of take-back legislation--which pressures manufacturers to recycle their end-of-life products--demand for the less expensive recycled plastic exceeds supply. Which means that none of Biddle's new plastic will go to waste. That should make him happy...