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...secret CIA study last September, first reported by the Washington Times, rated the likelihood of such a launch as still low but found the Russian control system under such unprecedented stress that some high-level commanders in Moscow were worried about the security of their nuclear weapons. The CIA also reported that the famous code briefcases are not what they seem. They allow the President or the Defense Minister or the Chief of the General Staff to authorize a nuclear attack, but the actual ability to launch missiles lies much further down the line of command, even in regional command...
JUST ANOTHER SECRET MISSION: MARRIAGE...
Although he won last night, his net earnings from the game are still to be determined by his success Monday night during the semi-finals, the results of which are still a highly-guarded secret. However, Chan's Jeopardy future looks bright...
...emotionally-charged White House ceremony. The 399 men from Macon County, Alabama who signed up for "free health care" only to be denied treatment for syphilis were treated "like guinea pigs," remembered 94-year-old survivor Herman Shaw, one of eight study participants still living. When the secret experiment finally ended in 1972, 128 men had died from the disease or related complications, and scores of their wives and children had been infected. In an attempt at reparations, Clinton has pledged $200,000 for construction of a Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care at Tuskegee University and announced...
...secret to Halmi's success," notes producer Judd Parkin, former head of movies and mini-series at ABC, "is that he is so doggedly contrarian. So much of TV is the same, but when Halmi comes into the room, you know you are not going to get pitched another date-rape movie." Moreover, Parkin says, "he's a great raconteur, very passionate. He gets right to the heart of the matter. He's very...