Word: use
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...episode's greatest impact may be a loss oftrust among scholars who use the network, whichlinks research centers and universities thatexchange non-classified information...
...basic problem is that my common room is to noise what the eternal flame is to illumination. If the radio isn't blaring, my roommates are on the phone. If the phone isn't in use, they are laughing about their Ec 10 problem sets...
...collided with a high-speed passenger train carrying more than 600 people. The fiery crash killed 16 and injured 176. Public dismay turned to anger when it was revealed that engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana at the controls of the Conrail train. Gates admitted the drug use and pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a urine test, required by the Government of railroad employees involved in serious accidents, revealed traces of marijuana. The tragedy fueled public support for the Government's expanding program to test employees for drugs. But the proliferation of testing among both public and private workers...
...submit to prompt urinalysis and blood tests. The Justices also upheld, 5 to 4, urine tests for U.S. Customs Service employees seeking drug-enforcement posts. Said Attorney General Dick Thornburgh: "The court recognized that the Government can, and indeed should, take all necessary and reasonable steps to prevent drug use by employees in sensitive positions...
...memo contained an elaborate list of clues for detecting such devices, including the failure of the cassette player to function normally and more wiring than usual for a portable player. "Its sophistication, and the effort taken to conceal it," said the warning, "suggest it could have been intended for use against an aviation target in support of a 'high risk' operation...