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...Girl Scout cookie is more than a popular treat. Over nearly a half-century it has become not just an annual door-to-door institution but also a symbol of the wholesome qualities of American childhood. A perfect target, in short, for twisted pranksters...
After careful inspection of all eight plants that produce Girl Scout cookies, the FDA concluded that whatever contamination might have occurred was not related to the manufacturing process. Each plant passes the sealed final product through metal detectors to ensure that no foreign objects have been lodged in the cookies. A federal product-tampering law was enacted after Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide killed seven Chicago-area people in 1982. The maximum penalty for violators is life imprisonment and a fine...
While the Girl Scout cookie incidents have not inspired the type of national scare caused by the Tylenol deaths, several communities have taken precautionary action. The Maine state agriculture department has asked Girl Scout officials to postpone further sales and deliveries of cookies until a warning sheet can be printed and distributed with the packages. In the St. Louis area, where eight cases of tampering have been confirmed, the Girl Scouts have offered refunds on roughly 1.5 million boxes that have already been delivered and sold for $2.6 million. The organization's St. Louis council, the largest...
Finally the coffin, draped in red and black cloth, came slowly into view, resting atop a gun carriage drawn by an olive-green military scout vehicle. Walking immediately behind were the members of Andropov's family: his son Igor and his daughter Irina, who was wearing a stylish red fox coat. Andropov's widow Tatyana, whose existence was not publicly known before Andropov's death, was too grief-stricken to join in the procession. The Politburo leaders, almost indistinguishable from one another in their fur hats and look-alike overcoats with red armbands, led the last group of official mourners...
...Redskins are the property of Canadian-born Jack Kent Cooke, who expects everything he owns to shine like the top of his Chrysler Building. Cooke's team, coached by a bright man named Joe Gibbs, was constructed by boyish Talent Scout Bobby Beathard out of what some say were the pitiful leavings of '70s Coach George Allen, though Theismann, Fullback John Riggins, Place Kicker Mark Moseley, Offensive Tackle George Starke and Defensive Tackle Dave Butz were among the remnants. While Butz is a fine player (weighing over 300 lbs., resembling a 6-ft. 7-in. handball court...