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...phenomenon continued throughout freshman year. At night I would check the toothpaste carefully, and put the cover on tightly. Every morning I would rush to the sink and unscrew the toothpaste, and there it was--a series of brown hairs stuck smack dab in the middle of the tube opening...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Hair Today, Still There Tomorrow | 12/10/1987 | See Source »

...bearded nurse was found out when a 73-year-old cardiac patient experienced shortness of breath after he observed Angelo injecting a substance into his intravenous tube. Angelo confessed last week to giving 35 such injections this year. Authorities suspect that ten to 20 patients have died in the past three months from the lethal doses. The bodies of several will be exhumed to determine whether they were victims of a deadly bid for popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: The Angel Of Death | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...intense heat and smoke. The fire was by far the worst in the 124-year history of the London Underground. Until last week's disaster, in fact, only four passengers had died in subway blazes since World War II. But the solid reputation of the city's venerable "Tube" is now under question as Londoners wonder whether the disaster could have been better contained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Escalator to An Inferno | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...ovum drifting down a fallopian tube belonging to the Princess of Wales fuses with a royal sperm and becomes lodged in Her Highness' uterine lining. Nine months later an heir is born to the throne of the British Empire...

Author: By Rutger Fury, | Title: The Windsor War | 10/31/1987 | See Source »

...first time in nearly ten years, the automaker would begin selling U.S.-made autos in six West European countries -- and at prices lower than those of competitive models. Earlier this year the largest U.S. steelmaker, USX, sold 20,000 tons of hot-rolled bands to an Osaka tube company at a price some 12% below what Japanese producers were offering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Global Competition: Taking On The World | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

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