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...public response to the ongoing anthrax scare is surprisingly calm, if not wholly logical. While just under one half of Americans are concerned that they or a member of their family will be exposed to anthrax, only 15 percent characterize themselves as "very concerned," and another 32 percent consider themselves "somewhat concerned." A full 52 percent are "not concerned" about anthrax becoming a personal threat. That said, 63 percent say their local officials are unprepared to prevent a terrorist attack involving anthrax...
...Though some suggested that the anthrax scare of last week in fact constituted the second wave of attacks that authorities had been expecting, most investigators doubted it. Round 2, they fear, is yet to come. "My opinion, shaped on years of experience, is that it's coming," says an Administration counterterrorism official. The CIA actually quantifies such probabilities, the official says. The agency tabulates what it calls "Indications and Warnings" (I+Ws, in government-speak), and when the I+Ws reach a certain number, the alarms sound. That's what happened prior to the FBI's public warning last week...
...whopping 90 million, the A’s took the Evil Empire to a final Game Five in last year’s Divisional Playoffs. The Yankees, of course, eked out a 7-5 victory and went on to win the World Series. However, Oakland put a scare into the World Champs, showing the world that David wasn’t too far away from defeating Goliath...
...Army's bioweapons-development program. Patrick described how terrorists--armed with blenders, cheesecloth, garden sprayers and starter bugs mail-ordered from a U.S. germ bank--could spray enough deadly bacteria in the air intakes of the World Trade Center to infect 25,000 people. If that didn't scare anybody then, it will...
...being marketed as one. Among other things, the promotional trailer promises its potential audience members a film that will terrify and drive them over the edge. While some scenes of suspense may bring people to the edge of their chairs, the film is unable to terrify with its trite scare tactics. and the film’s open ending leaves the possibility for a new franchise. Joyride 2. Now that’s frightening...