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Some crimes stun the mind, others sear the soul. In Richmond, California, last week, townspeople were agonizing over the savage beating of a one-month-old baby. Ignacio Bermudez Jr. was dumped from his bassinet, pummeled with fists, kicked and possibly hit with a stick, leaving his skull cracked. His alleged assailants? Twin brothers, age 8, and the suspected ringleader, a boy of 6, who were playmates of Ignacio's siblings. "This is as shocking a crime as we have seen," said Richmond police captain Ray Howard...
Just one whiff of mustard gas can sear the lining of a soldier's lungs and cause large, painful blisters to form on his face and body. Only a tiny drop of the nerve gas Tabun will make a stricken combatant twitch and convulse; then his lungs will fill with liquid, and his diaphragm will collapse, causing suffocation. A dose of inhaled anthrax spores will bring on hemorrhaging, then shock and very likely death...
Wrong. Within an hour, an "emergency actionteam" of students had mobilized to inform everyGrays resident of the impending danger. They wentdoor to door with words of doom--rife withtheories about the debilitating effects oftungsten sulfate compounds ("It will sear yourskin right off your hand. I know. I took the ChemAP...
...once a pillar of wisdom and understanding? In the new shows he is either a slob or an oaf. Did Mom used to be the nurturing guardian of home and hearth? Now if she even knows how to put a roast in the oven, she could sear it with her sarcasm. TV kids have always been mischievous, but now they are bratty and disrespectful as well. Standards of decorum have gone out the window too: Dad burps out loud at the dinner table; a kid snaps photos of his mom shaving her underarms...
...Laser-equipped staples to sear through the longest reports, recommendations, and otherwise unread reading material the Council produces...