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...hand for next summer's Olympic Games. But a confidential report by the U.S. State Department says otherwise. A team of biological- and chemical-terrorism experts visited Greece for 10 days in September, and concluded that authorities there have dangerously underestimated the threat of such attacks during the XXVIII Olympiad. Greek planning does not "cover the response capabilities and the reserve capabilities" for mass casualties from a biological or chemical assault, says the report, a copy of which was seen by TIME. The experts urge, among other things, avoiding drinking tap water during the Games in case it is deliberately...
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Jones brought his old bud Switzer, the former Oklahoma coach, out of a five-year retirement two years ago to replace Jimmy Johnson, who had led the Cowboys to wins in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII, only to tire of Jones' meddling. The real hero in the changeover, though, has been Aikman, who has stood behind Switzer even though it must strike him as ironic that he is playing for the man who not only kept him on the bench at Oklahoma but also licensed the athletic-dorm mayhem that ultimately forced Aikman to transfer to UCLA...
...great first half." -- Kelly after his team lost Super Bowl XXVIII last week
This tendency is devleoped further in the Cubi series in which Smith adds the use of surfaces in shadow to suggest two dimensional shading. The elaborate buffing in Cubi XXVIII emphasizes the surface instead of the volume, and the sculpture gives an illusionary effect of two dimensionality. This effect is increased because the piece cannot be viewed in the round; the composition demands that it be seen from a specific position. In addition, the welding technique tends to stress the edges between planes. The welds darken and suggest the lines of a drawing which are used to separate the planes...