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...companies. And in the Times letter, the Unabomber declares that last December's murder of Thomas Mosser, a former executive with the Burson-Marsteller public-relations firm, was in protest against the company's representing Exxon, whose oil tanker fouled Alaska's Prince William Sound in the great oil spill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE UNABOMBER: THE BOMB IS IN THE MAIL | 5/8/1995 | See Source »

...Tibetan issue is becoming critical; today in Tibet Cultural Revolution methods have returned and tired socialist pleas absent from China are more vociferous than ever. If the Tibetans escalate their fight in a lastchance response (and here timing in post-Deng China would be critical), the effects would easily spill into neighboring regions. The very stability that China has been emphasizing over the past two years will unravel. Remember: martial law was imposed on Tibet three months before Tiananmen Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tong Underplays Chinese Ills | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

Stephen A. Mitchell, Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore, and current chair of the Committee on Folklore & Mythology, takes a similar approach. "When I spill salt, I throw it over my shoulder," he remarks, pantomiming the motion. Mitchell says he learned this superstition from watching his parents but is not bothered that none of his children observe it. seems a breach of table manners...

Author: By Ann D. Schiff, | Title: harvardian superstitions | 3/23/1995 | See Source »

Environmental Protection Agency records show there was a spill at the plant in 1989 and another in 1990 while chemicals were being transported. Four people were injured in the second incident; no details were available, however...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Regional Briefs | 3/21/1995 | See Source »

Needless to say, you could see the emotion spill out upon the Houston Field House ice last night, as the Crimson held on for perhaps the biggest victory of the year, a 5-3 defeat...

Author: By Bradford E. Miller, | Title: The Passionate Warriors | 2/25/1995 | See Source »

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