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Despite the long hours, grueling pace, and “volatile?? nature of the job (“Political campaigns can pop up and bite the dust at any second,” he noted), Grimm said his work has been worth...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grimm Sees Energy in Campaign | 11/2/2008 | See Source »

...panel’s organizers, Amy T. Wu ’09, called the discussion “volatile?? at times...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sierra Leone Panel Focuses on Future | 4/28/2008 | See Source »

...Because liquid explosives are extremely volatile??simple friction can be enough to set them off—and very dangerous even in a steady laboratory setting. An attempt to combine liquid explosives in a bouncy airplane is likely to cause a prematurely explosion, inducing damage but not enough “bang” to blow the plane. Furthermore, mixing components on board, as the London suspects allegedly planned to do, produces a noxious smell that any half-witted air steward would notice...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Liquids on a Plane! | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

...significant fundamentalist groups inside their territories have led many to have misgivings about, or reluctantly accept, these last-minute alliances. Moreover, some have utterly denounced these covenants by predicting the potentially dangerous consequences they might bring in the short-run. Re-arming or collaborating with these “volatile?? regimes is perceived as an unwise military strategy, for the ever-changing political fate of those states could suddenly turn them from being well-armed friends to potentially deadly foes...

Author: By Bruno O. Alberti, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fighting for Minds | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

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