Word: spreading
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Panic erupted in Yokohama's main train station this morning when a mysterious gas spread through an underground passage, sickening 297 people. By evening, however, police were saying that while the incident seemed to be a deliberate act, the gas was not poisonous. No one was seriously injured. TIME Japan correspondent Irene Maciulis-Kunii said that some in Japan are even seeing this as the perfect terrorist attack: "You make your point, and nobody really gets hurt."Aum Shinri Kyo, the Japanese cult suspected in the Mar. 20nerve gas attackon Tokyo subways, immediately denied involvement. Police said they believe...
...explosion was caused by a powerful car bomb parked nearby, and say the bomb was as strong as the one used in theWorld Trade Center attack two years ago. The explosion occurred shortly after 9 a.m. and could be felt as far as 30 miles away. Debris was spread over a wide area of downtown. The explosion came on the second anniversary of the end of thefederal siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, though it is not yet known whether that fact is relevant. The Murrah building houses the offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco...
...professor continued: "Cambridge is not only a sore thumb but also one whose infection may spread...
...huge Midwestern agricultural college of 37,000 students, where professors are funded by "Mid-America Pork By-Products," conduct research on plant pathology and soils science and read papers on "The Use of Strain-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies to Model the Field Spread of Soybean Mosaic Virus...
...critical debate betweennuclear haves and have-notsgot underway today at the United Nations. At issue: whether to extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the 25-year-old pact designed to block the spread of atomic arms.TIME Defense correspondent Mark Thompsonsays the conference pits the major nuclear powers -- the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China -- againstThird World countriesthat want them to disarm before giving up the right to such weapons. The major powers want the treaty to be made permanent, but Thompson says smaller countries "think that freezes the advantage." In New York today, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali...