Word: units
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...death is still under investigation by the major crime unit of the state police, the Suffolk Country District Attorney and the Medical Examiner...
...scrappy Harvard unit has two weeks to regroup and revitalize for the EIWA's, to be held March 5 and 6 at Lehigh University...
...just about everybody) and vehemence of opposition. Though Administration officials were insisting late last week that the type and amount were still unresolved, the choices had apparently narrowed to either an ad valorem levy, essentially a sales tax on the wholesale price of fuel, or a BTU (British thermal unit) tax based on the heat content of fuel. Either would apply to every kind of energy -- coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and hydroelectric power -- and for every use -- running cars and trains, heating homes, firing factory boilers, generating electricity. A 5% ad valorem tax would raise about $18 billion...
While industrial espionage may be a sticky subject for Americans, it's common in most other countries. Stealing U.S. industrial secrets was a cottage industry for the former Soviet KGB. Its infamous "Department X" routinely targeted American high-tech secrets. Although the unit was disbanded, the practice continues under the Russian government. The Chinese also regularly eavesdrop on U.S. firms. But the most active spying on U.S. companies lately has not been by agents from old cold-war adversaries. Instead, the spies are employed by allies, including Germany, South Korea and even Canada. Among the most relentless -- and efficient -- have...
...They're dropping like flies," said Virginia M. Minichiello, nurse manager for the employee health service. "Just in today's one unit, we had four out of 10 assistants out, which is a pretty large percentage...