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Word: tracings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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THOUGH BANNED IN THE U.S. IN 1972, DDT IS NOT forgotten. Soluble in fat, the insecticide leaves trace amounts that can linger for decades in human tissue. Now a study published by the National Cancer Institute suggests that these residual effects may be deadly. Researchers from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University have found that the greater the exposure to DDT the higher the risk of breast cancer for women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Relentless Ddt | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...this way: When people move, they don't notify people who they owe money," the official said, adding, however, that it was not difficult to trace Epstein to Massachusetts...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: B-School Prof. Says Suit Settled | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

...summary said radioactive Phosphorus-32 dripped onto the floor in the Medical School's Building D on January 13 from a cart used to transport radioactive waste away from the laboratories. While the spill was not detected for two hours, "no radioactive material was found on individuals, except for trace amounts on the bottom of the shoes of a few employees," the summary said...

Author: By Joe Mathews, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Spill Not a Health Risk, HMS Report Indicates | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

...private detective lectured on how best to obtain information about everyone associated with an abortion clinic. License plates make it easy to trace home addresses; Social Security numbers and public records can be useful in assessing a subject's financial status. The point of such snooping is to lay siege to people who perform or facilitate abortions: pray or picket in front of their houses, confront them in the supermarket, identify them as "murderers" to their neighbors and children. A lawyer instructed the Melbourne volunteers on how far they could go with such harassing activities while remaining within their First...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Camp For Crusaders | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...cost of pirated long distance is measured in the billions. Getting caught means jail time and a nasty fine. "Philes" on bulletin boards describe everything from breaking into phone switches to hooking up electronic video games to the phone line in order to destroy phone company computers trying to trace the hacker...

Author: By John E. Stafford, | Title: Reading Rudenstine's Email | 4/14/1993 | See Source »

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