Word: the1920s
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Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary disclosed that about 1,200 people -- many unknowingly -- were subjects of 48 government radiation experiments conducted between the1920s and 1980s. O'Leary, following up on a similar announcement last spring, said she was most troubled by a series of experiments dubbed "Project Sunshine," in which an unknown number of terminally ill cancer patients were injected with an isotope. Pregnant women and their aborted fetuses were also used as test subjects. The department said it has spent nearly $3.7 million to learn more about the extent of human radiation experiments since World War II, and that...
...becomes dean, Liebman will be the firstoutsider to occupy the office since at least the1920s, search committee chair Vincent A. Blasitold The Crimson last month...
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