Word: razors
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...Illinois, death row is up on a bluff in a sandstone prison opened in 1878. The 49 current inmates have a 19th century landscape artist's view-the Mississippi River and miles of rich farmland beyond-except for the bars and razor wire. Menard Correctional Center (pop. 2,600) is the principal industry of Chester, Ill. (pop. 8,000). The inmates, two of whom are scheduled to be electrocuted this spring, are alone in their cells for at least 21 hours a day. When they are in transit, once a day to the law library and once...
Ultimately, of course, too much money can wind up being as damaging to an economy as too little. While the Fed walks the razor's edge between economic collapse and runaway inflation, it badly needs the support of both the Congress and the Administration to curb spending, chop the deficit and prevent the nation's current economic troubles, and the bond market's jitters, from turning into something far worse. -By Christopher Byron. Reported by David Beckwith/Washington and Frederick Ungeheuer/New York
...colorblind. He ended up in the Air Corps and spent most of the next three years as a radioman in torpedo planes and in submarine patrols off Guam, Hawaii and Saipan. He saw no serious combat. He says, "I got through the whole war on two razor blades...
...cutting craze in 1978 is facing a shortfall of between $500 million and $1 billion in a $25.2 billion budget. Oil severance taxes, spending cuts and short-term outside borrowing are among the remedies under consideration. Says State Finance Administrator Mary Ann Graves: "We're on the razor's edge. And if the economy doesn't turn around, we're clearly over the edge...
...after drinking chocolate milk from a carton that proved, on analysis, to contain traces of sodium hydroxide, a caustic chemical. In Juno Beach, Fla., Policeman Harry Browning, 27, began vomiting within seconds of drinking Tropicana orange juice that could have been injected with insecticide. In the Detroit area, two razor blades and one nail were found in packages of Ball Park Franks within 24 hours last week...