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...Levins Lab Fact Sheet" euphemistically refers to chemical weapons detoxification testing as "Chemical and Food Services Research." The fact sheet refers only to "hazardous chemicals," never mentioning nerve gases. Only at the end of the report, among its anticipated projects, does it mention chemical warfare agents. Continuing in the gourmand tone of its opening references, ADL reports its toxin measurements in "tablespoons" and as "1/3 cup," instead of simply coming straight out and telling the public that a few drops are lethal...

Author: By J. ANDREW Mendelsohn, | Title: No Easy Solution | 3/19/1985 | See Source »

...Friday afternoon last week, "Mr. Shawn," as he is invariably called, slowly walked down the staircase from his 19th-floor office to the 18th floor, where staffers had assembled to hear the melancholy news. Standing on a stairwell landing, his voice wobbly with emotion, Shawn read from a single sheet of paper. After announcing the board's decision, he pointedly added that "the editorial staff was not a party to the negotiations . . . We were not asked for our approval, and we did not give our approval." After promising to keep the staff informed of further developments, Shawn walked back upstairs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Changing the Guard At 60 | 3/18/1985 | See Source »

...wake of Governor Dukakis's optimistic announcement of state aid to cities, Cambridge officials have expressed concern that the cherry sheet figures actually disguise a funding decrease...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Bitties | 3/12/1985 | See Source »

Monday, members of the Class of 1988 will receive an eight page in formation sheet detailing the ins and outs of the choice-based system known as The Lottery. By 4 p.m. Friday, a representative of each rooming group will have ascended the steps of University Hall to remit a list of the group's three most desired Houses...

Author: By Ristin A. Goss, | Title: House Reputations Influence Choices Of Freshmen Gearing Up for Lottery | 3/2/1985 | See Source »

...guard had gained free agency after last season when he got into a contract dispute and didn't sign with New York. He signed the offer sheet with Boston last Thursday, and New York had 15 days to match it. The defending NBA champions made the deal to get him sooner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 2/27/1985 | See Source »

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