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Equally impressive are the new gas chromatography and mass spectrometry machines. To test a bit of evidence whose chemical composition is unknown, investigators place it in a gas chromatograph--essentially a high-intensity oven--where it's vaporized. The resulting gas is funneled into a coil-shaped structure lined with chemicals that cause the components in the gas to exit at different rates. These components are then sorted by atomic weight and converted into a graph. Investigators then compare the readout with a reference library, determining what the evidence is made...
...tacky - goes against the stereotype of the polite and reserved British. When the two mix, headlines are made. Consider: if Liz Hurley had worn "that dress" in Los Angeles, Rome or Rio, would anyone have noticed? No. She would also have been seen for what she was: yet another unknown actress trying to make a splash. While the show is a celebration of all that Versace was, it is also a reminder of what the house no longer is. When Gianni was alive, the company's sales were healthy and an IPO was in the works. Now the firm...
...Faculty of Art and Sciences (FAS) administrators appear to be crafting a plan to impose upon faculty and students some new deadlines for course creation and selection. While details of the plan are still unknown, the spin from University Hall, as reported by the Crimson, is that shopping period won’t be going anywhere. I hope that Dean of FAS William C. Kirby proceeds with caution, or he might just be shopping for disaster...
...nine months the exact nature of the Mecca's cargo or the shipment's eventual destination remained unknown. But there were clues. Portworkers that night said they saw five motor launches ferry in large groups of men from the boat wearing black turbans, long beards and traditional Islamic salwar kameez. Their towering height suggested these travelers were foreigners, and the boxes of ammunition and the AK-47s slung across their shoulders helped sketch a sinister picture. Then in July, a senior member of Bangladesh's largest terrorist group, the 2,000-strong al-Qaeda-allied Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami...
...Harken stock in 1990, when Bush served as a director of Harken and sold 212,140 shares of the company for $848,560. The close timing of Bush’s sale and Harvard’s purchase of Harken stock led to speculation that the University was the unknown buyer of Bush’s shares...