Word: rayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Initial speculation in this case centers upon plastic explosives like Semtex, the lethal weapon of choice for many terrorists because it is safe to - handle and undetectable by sniffer dogs or X-ray inspection. A small amount hidden in a portable radio blew Pan Am Flight 103 out of the sky in 1988. Semtex was produced in quantity under the communist government of Czechoslovakia; while the postcommunist Czech Republic has discontinued production, large quantities remain in the hands of terrorist gangs that obtained them illicitly. Three years ago, Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel estimated that "world terrorism has supplies of Semtex...
...HAVE MAMMOGRAMS TO detect breast cancer? The National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society say yes -- every year or two. But a Canadian study last year seemed to say no, and an accumulation of new research supports that conclusion. While older women benefit from the specialized X-ray procedure -- those who have mammograms are less likely to die of breast cancer than those who don't -- there appears to be no difference in mortality for younger women. Mammograms may be much less likely to detect incipient tumors in younger women because their breast tissue is denser, making...
...bring in CAA? During McCann's long and successful partnership with Coca- Cola, the agency has scored with such popular notions as "Things Go Better with Coke" and "It's the Real Thing." But over the past few years, while Michael Jackson moonwalked and Ray Charles sang "Uh-huh" for archrival Pepsi, Coca-Cola Classic's advertising often seemed somewhat flat. Something had to give...
...evidence to debunk almost every aspect of the crash sequence. Last week, in a devastating press conference, GM showed that the conflagration was rigged, its causes misattributed, its severity overstated and other facts distorted. Two crucial errors: NBC said the truck's gas tank had ruptured, yet an X ray showed it hadn't; NBC consultants set off explosive miniature rockets beneath the truck split seconds before the crash -- yet no one told the viewers...
...freak call turned the momentum back the Crimson's way. A Big Red "too many men on the ice" penalty was converted with marksman's precision--laser-sighted passing got the puck on the stick of sophomore Derek Maguire, who rifled a shot with Al lafrate speed and Ray Bourque's accuracy past Skazyk to give the Crimson the lead for good...