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...terrorist, investigators have tried to figure out his motives and how he thinks. In particular, they have studied his choice of targets and bomb-making style, which has always been quirky and meticulous. The Unabomber's devices are generally handcrafted, with many parts, including tiny levers, carved from wood. fbi forensics experts have found everything from scrap wood to pieces of mahogany and other hardwoods used in furniture. One bomb contained a twig from a cherry tree. The bomber makes some of his own metal parts too, including pins and even screws. Then the whole thing is generally placed...
...time went on, he may have broadened his hatred to include not just computer scientists but all of industrial society, and embraced a pro-environment, back-to-the-woods philosophy. That could explain his obsession with using wood in his bombs and last week's targeting of the California Forestry Association, which represents logging companies. And in the Times letter, the Unabomber declares that last December's murder of Thomas Mosser, a former executive with the Burson-Marsteller public-relations firm, was in protest against the company's representing Exxon, whose oil tanker fouled Alaska's Prince William Sound...
...building, designed by the architectural firm Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood, claimed the 1994 Parker Medal as the most beautiful building in the Boston metropolitan area...
Beside all the gratifying praise, the Onion Weavers get their share of fun and satisfaction from putting a show together. "Puppets are very therapeutic," said Jenty Wood '95, while working on a new wire frame for an "Elvis" puppet. "It's sort of like Odyssey of the Mind, like in high school," explains Martin. "Last time I got to set up an entire parallel circuit for the Ewok's little red eyes...it's a chance just to do something completely different with your mind...
Ending weeks of Oscar hype with an unsuspenseful flourish, favorite Forrest Gump topped contender Pulp Fiction for Best Picture, winning a grand total of six awards to Pulp's lone statuette. Tom Hanks (Gump) was Best Actor and Jessica Lange (Blue Sky) Best Actress; Martin Landau (Ed Wood) and Dianne Wiest (Bullets over Broadway) took Supporting honors...