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...operation inside Laos. The Pentagon said planning for the operation never mentioned hunting down U.S. turncoats. And while Air Force warplanes dropped a "personnel-incapacitating agent" on enemy troops to help rescue the 16 Americans and more than 100 of their Montagnard allies under hostile fire, it was a potent form of tear gas that was used, not sarin...
...disorder, and when doctors analyzed the bug behind the illness, they found that it was all but indistinguishable from ordinary E. coli, with but a small exception: this breed of the bacterium contained a few strands of genetic reweaving that cause it to produce a powerful toxin its less potent...
DIED. SID LUCKMAN, 81, Chicago Bears Hall of Fame quarterback with a mind as potent as his arm; in North Miami Beach. After joining the Bears in 1939, Luckman perfected the T-formation offense, memorizing 350 plays in the team's repertoire and changing the way the game was played for the next decade. He led an All Star-packed lineup, dubbed the Monsters of the Midway, to four NFL championships in seven years, beginning with a 73-0 rout of the Washington Redskins in the 1940 title game...
Just in time too. The recall two weeks ago of Duract, a potent painkiller that also killed a number of patients by causing liver failure, shows just how hard it is to develop an analgesic that's both effective and safe. But the demand for new pain medications is growing. Baby boomers are just starting to hit their arthritis-prone 50s. While the disorder currently afflicts 40 million Americans, the number could reach 60 million in the next two decades...
...keep it at bay. For starters, don't gulp down big meals that are high in fats, chocolate, coffee and alcohol. Small portions eaten over longer periods make it less likely your stomach will back up. In case you needed another reason to quit, cigarette smoking is a potent acid trigger...