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...that decisions to rip asbestos out of school buildings were probably ill considered. In many cases, sealing the dangerous fibers in place would have provided a more prudent and less costly remedy. Similarly, while no one denies that homes with high levels of radon pose a health hazard requiring prompt attention, what about houses with much lower levels? Is it reasonable to urge that they too be radonproofed if there is no certainty that a danger exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Cool About Risk | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

Nero's actions, King said, have put PBHA's insurance policy in jeopardy. Without prompt action on the part of the association's board, Harvard will not renew insurance coverage of the 18 steel-blue vans owned by PBHA, he said...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: PBHA Moves to Impeach Officer | 9/16/1994 | See Source »

Returning undergraduates will also notice that all e-mail and newsgroups are now run by one computer, which gives students a "fas" prompt instead of a "hucs7, 8, or 9" prompt...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Computer Service Narrows Focus | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...plan was to use the film to prompt discussion between first-years and their proctors about community values and ethics, Nathans said...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs, | Title: Redford Cancels Screening | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...deeply buried are some of the books for the nation's spy budget? Apparently deep enough to prompt an unprecedented public spat between the Senate Intelligence Committee and the National Reconnaissance Office, the nation's supersecret spy-satellite agency. After the panel blasted the agency for having "never effectively disclosed to our committee" the ballooning $300 million-plus costs of its new headquarters near Washington, agency officials appeared before the committee to apologize and promise not to do it again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week August 7-13 | 8/22/1994 | See Source »

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