Word: singh
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Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded his mother Indira as Prime Minister after her assassination in October, broke off his campaigning for the Dec. 24 national elections to visit Bhopal. Expressing his shock and sorrow, Gandhi announced a $4 million relief fund. In addition, Arjun Singh, chief minister of Madhya Pradesh state, of which Bhopal is the capital, promised compensation of about $500 for every family that had suffered a death and $100 for every family that had a member hospitalized. President Reagan sent Gandhi a note expressing the grief shared by him and the American people...
...from Union Carbide's headquarters in Danbury, Conn., arrived to inspect the factory, they were turned away by local authorities. "We don't want anyone tampering with the evidence," said an official. The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation, meanwhile, seized records and logbooks at the plant, and Chief Minister Singh ordered a judicial inquiry into the accident. "This is a devastating tragedy," said Singh. "It was sudden and deadly, and there was a terrible human failure somewhere along the line. I have closed down the plant, probably forever...
There were a fair share of shaggy beards, silver-winged baseball caps and even one turban, worn by a Montana-born programmer who now calls himself Sat Tara Singh Khalsa. But for the most part the hackers looked more like backpackers or professional musicians than any stereotype image of computer nerds. By day, they met for discussions and debates that included a face-off between Bonn Parker, a computer-crime expert, and John Draper, the legendary "Cap'n Crunch," who developed a system for making free phone calls by using the toy whistle from a breakfast-cereal...
Junior John Catliff leads the squad--which after a sluggish early-season start has responded with 11 victories in its last 12 games--with 10 goals and 5 assists for 25 points. The 1984 Canadian Olympian is followed by junior Captain Lane Kenworthy (11-2-24), sophomore Nikhil Singh (7-3-17), sophomore Paul Nicholas (4-7-15) and Hotchkin...
Hotchkin and junior Captain Lane Kenworthy were named to the All-Ivy second team, while sophomore Nikhil Singh received honorable mention...