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...their breath for the next cigarette. Despite laws that severely restrict the number of public places where French smokers are allowed to puff their Gauloises, they continue to light up with impunity virtually everywhere. Designated nonsmoking areas in offices and restaurants are routinely ignored, as are curbs in public transport stations: butts account for three of the 20 tons of garbage collected daily in the Paris Metro. To date, only one citizen has been prosecuted for smoking -- and he was hauled before a judge only after he ignored requests to leave a cafeteria's nonsmoking area, then threw a pitcher...
...trust that this week's effort, reported by Andrea Dorfman and written by Michael D. Lemonick, will transport readers once again. That, and bring the graduates of those two high schools in Tennessee -- as well as other high schools throughout the country -- up to speed...
...that she grilled her husband for every detail about his alleged interactions with the Russians. While Ames comes off as relaxed and somewhat careless, she frets constantly. Did he send the message on time? Should she get Paul out of the house? Did he find a deft way to transport large sums of cash? Often she seems nervous and distrustful of Ames. At one point, she challenges him: "You wouldn't lie to me, would...
MOSCOW -- Increasingly, radioactive materials are turning up on public transport, raising serious safety questions. Last week police arrested a train rider for carrying radioactive matter. Afterward a research facility said the man was its courier, claimed the material posed "no danger" and admitted it regularly used passenger trains to transport radioactive substances. In November a thief was arrested after carrying uranium-235 on the subway, and in December two men were arrested after riding with a stolen cache of potentially explosive cesium. Both materials can be deadly...
...money will be used to purchase a truck and driver to transport food, medicine and relief supplies into Sarajevo, said group organizer John R. Wagley '95, who is a Crimson editor...