Word: warrens
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DIED. Potter Stewart, 70, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1958-1981) who became the crucial "swing man" in the Warren Court era (1953-69) and remained a careful centrist who avoided sweeping principles and ideological stances; after a stroke; in Hanover, N.H. He balanced general support for civil rights with opposition to affirmativeaction programs, belief in a vigorous press with a dislike of pornography. In his most famous opinion, he said in 1964 that he could not define such hard-core material, "but I know it when...
Fifteen hundred protesters gathered at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal last week to mark a grim anniversary: deadly methyl isocyanate gas had leaked from the plant exactly a year earlier, killing at least 1,750 people and injuring thousands more. The protesters burned effigies of Warren M. Anderson, the firm's chairman, and demanded a trial. Others spent the day at Bhopal's hospitals, where some 60,000 victims are still receiving treatment. Said Nassur Khan, 36, who suffers breathing difficulties and severe stomach pains: "I wish I could...
Some brief characters also of note are Potiphar and his wife (can you say Zak Klobucher and Lesley Blumenthal) played with a hilarious level of aristocracy, and the bopping Elvis imitation of Pharoah, played by director Ty Warren. There are few folks around direct a great show and do a good Elvis...
Both Weidner and University Health Services Director Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker said that the amount of caffeine consumed in two to three cups of coffee a day was relatively safe. However Weidner cautioned that anything above that "would be harmful," and that smokers, who are already at risk of heart disease, should be "especially careful...
Many more women than men are bulimics, said Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, the director of University Health Services, adding that 8 percent of Harvard women fall into this category. Bulimia is an eating disorder where people eat large amounts of food in a short period of time and then intentionally vomit...