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...MATEP saga has been a classic case of inconsiderate University behavior. Harvard has consistently refused to consult the concerned Brookline and Mission Hill residents who must live among its possibly toxic fumes. More brazenly, it has refused to test its plant for numerous health hazards, cockily denying serious health code violations that were later uncovered. Unless MATEP's management style changes drastically. Harvard should give up on this costly embarrassment...
...MATEP saga has been a classic case of inconsiderate University behavior. Harvard has consistently refused to consult the concerned Brookline and Mission Hill residents who must live among its possibly toxic fumes. More brazenly, it has refused to test its plant for numerous health hazards, cockily denying serious health code violations that were later uncovered. Unless MATEP's management style changes drastically, Harvard should give up on this costly embarrassment...
...deceive Bucharest with a bit of cloak, if not dagger. For the benefit of secret-police comrades who had been sent to watch him, Haiducu followed through on an elaborate plan to kill Goma. During a cocktail party he used a specially made fountain pen to squirt a toxic chemical into the writer's drink. But a French agent " accidentally" jostled Goma's arm, spilling the poison. Since Haiducu could not fail on his second mission, the attack on Tanase had to be even more convincing. This time French operatives played the part of hired thugs and faked...
...been 16 months since the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta began compiling statistics on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, as the disease is now known. During that period, AIDS has struck 547 people in the U.S. and at least 21 abroad, killing 232, more than toxic shock syndrome and the Philadelphia outbreak of Legionnaire's disease combined. "This is a very, very dramatic illness," says Dr. James Curran, head of the 120-member CDC task force on AIDS. "I think we can say quite assuredly that it is new." What makes AIDS especially alarming, says Curran, is that...
...dropped over oil concentrations. Unlike straw, another natural absorbent, the pillows are easy to retrieve with a long-handled pole or a net rigged between two trawlers. They are very light, easy to stack and transport to spill sites. After use, they can be buried or burned without causing toxic smoke...