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...certain code. Chuckie, 11, explains how it works. When instructed to blockade a street, it is O.K. to steal public vans and buses but not private cars, because those, he says, "could belong to one of your own." The summer he turned ten, Chuckie came upon three teenagers in ski masks hijacking a plumber's van. He impulsively flung himself into the back of the truck; after the hijackers crashed the van and set it on fire, Chuckie helped pour gasoline on the wreck to make it burn faster. He was operating in strict accordance with I.R.A. guidelines...
...long, 6-ft.-high machines generate a cloud of neutrons that penetrate the luggage. These combine with the nitrogen in plastic explosives to generate gamma rays; an array of detectors identifies the substance. But other items containing nitrogen, including wool sweaters and padded ski boots, can set off warnings. The manufacturer, Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego, says the false alarms can be reduced with further experience. At the moment, says FAA administrator James Busey, "we have no other system available...
Dunne, who has skied eight years with the United States Disabled Ski Team, says she applied the attitude she had in sports to college admissions...
...beyond advocacy and activism, there is undergraduate life. Dunne is preparing for a Japanese speech contest that will be held in two weeks in Washington, D.C. She regularly transfers the recordings of friend's lecture notes into Braille pages. She spent last fall training with the Harvard ski team, but now she tries to keep in shape by jogging every morning. She spends the weekend with her friends, who, she says, make being at Harvard worth...
...also literally been the lifeblood of Bishop. For years, North Inyo County Hospital has relied on Greyhound to bring fresh supplies of blood from a Reno blood bank on weekends, when the medical facility is kept busy with victims of ski and traffic accidents from Mammoth Mountain, 40 miles away. Partly because of these special needs, the company had provided service to Bishop from Reno at the beginning of the strike. But that lifeline was severed last week, when Greyhound canceled the daily run for economic reasons. "If you've got 60 passengers for Sacramento and only a couple...