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...million tons of sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere. Since then, the stuff has circled the globe, forming a layer of droplets floating in the stratosphere, between 19 and 23 km (12 and 14 miles) above the surface. Scientists predicted that the droplets would act as a worldwide sun shield. Satellite measurements are proving they were right: the planet has cooled off about 0.5 degreesC (1 degreesF) since Pinatubo, erasing nearly a century's worth of rising temperatures. Unfortunately, the fallout will disappear in three to five years. After that, global warming should resume, as menacingly as ever...
Lining Up His Ducks. One former salesman, Ted Smith, now 59, recalls that shortly before Perot left IBM, he admitted to Smith that he had three contracts already signed up -- with GRC, Southwestern Life and Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Texas. A former IBM executive maintains that he has firsthand knowledge that before quitting, Perot sold additional IBM equipment to at least two of those entities, collected sales commissions and then had those firms cancel the orders once he left IBM. What's not known, he adds, is whether Perot had these clients lined up when he sold them...
Whipped Creme, Body Butter, and ForPlay Condom Flavorings--including Cool Citrus, Mandarin Orange and French Vanilla--make sex a culinary, as well as a sensual, experience. Desert Shield ("Stop Naked Agression!") and Gorky Red ("The Ultimate Glasnost") condoms cater to the politically-minded, while the Slam Dunk brand gives its sports fans "Full Court Protection...
...keeps as a memento, represented only the registration fee Texas required to charter a new corporation. He and his wife had, and used, a great deal more than that to launch EDS. Perot was making $20,000 a year as a part- time employee of Texas Blue Cross-Blue Shield, and Margot brought home a second salary as a full-time schoolteacher. This, however, is a rare case of Perot deflating a tall story; more distressing than any of the disputes about individual incidents in his early career is his seeming ability to convince himself of the truth of whatever...
Leverett won the 1991-92 Straus Cup to give the house its second consecutive title and its third in the last four years. This year the representatives of the Leverett Shield (which consists of a v-shaped line and three rabbits) turned in convincing performances, placing either first or second in 26 out of 34 intramural athletic events...