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Connie, who has been working at Harvard Operator and Message Services for more than two years, remembered one caller who needed advice about an unwanted guest. "Someone called once and said, `I have a mouse in my room--who do I call?' I said, `Mousebusters.'"

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: They've Got Our Numbers | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

By claiming that pro-choice organizations fail to address the cause of abortions (unwanted pregnancies), Edward also demonstrates his complete lack of preparation in writing his article. Organizations such as NOW and Planned Parenthood, as well as many organizations on a local scale, have been for a long time pressing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Term 'Pro-Choice' Is Description, Not Opinion | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

When Twilight opened recently in Washington, I was fortunate enough to spend a day at the brand-new and heartbreaking Holocaust Museum. Yet again, I was stunned by the Nazis' painstaking "scientific" attempts to rid the gene pool of unwanted traits. Now, barely 50 years later, science is giving us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Playwright's Insight -- and Warning | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

If hurricanes are Mother Nature's barroom brawlers, swiftly finishing their business and heading for the door, floods tend to behave more like unwanted houseguests: they park themselves in the living room, tear up the furniture, and generally make a nuisance of themselves for weeks or months before finally having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Deluge: Health Hazards | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

The list of "safe countries" conveniently includes such eastern states as Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Thus not only can Germany send unwanted arrivals back to those states, but the "safe" countries will now be much more careful about letting migrants cross their borders lest they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe Slams the Door | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

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