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Almost certainly, an unintentional blast would detonate only the chemical explosives that, if fired deliberately, would compress the warhead's plutonium cores and touch off an unstoppable atomic chain reaction. Some experts see a slim chance of a nuclear explosion in the case of the W-79 artillery shell, but the far more likely result would be a chemical blast that could release deadly radioactive plutonium or uranium from the cores. The safety problems, disclosed last week by the Washington Post, were promptly confirmed in public congressional hearings. The difficulties seem sure to complicate immensely a review under...
...another case, Bush sought a $900,000 line of credit on behalf of developer Kenneth Good, who several years earlier had given Bush a $100,000 no-risk loan that was eventually forgiven. "I know it sounds a little fishy," Bush testified. "The loan ((from Good)) was never meant to be repaid unless there was a success" in a commodities venture in which Bush took part. Federal thrift regulators, who question young Bush's explanations, are seeking an order barring him from repeating any such conflicts. Moreover, he may face civil suits from Silverado's depositors. While the younger Bush...
...year extension of China's most favored nation trading status. Bush's move drew angry criticism from many members of Congress, including Republicans, but Capitol Hill is unlikely to muster the two-thirds vote of both chambers that would be needed to block the measure. Bush argued his case on economic grounds, claiming that to deprive Beijing of its MFN classification would harm the Chinese people, cost capitalist Hong Kong 20,000 jobs and $8.5 billion in exports of Chinese-made goods processed in Hong Kong, and add 40% to the prices American consumers must pay for Chinese imports...
When Franklin-Lipsker, now 29, first made that stunning disclosure last November, it broke open a case that local authorities thought they would never solve. Her story was credible enough for police to arrest Franklin, 50, a retired fireman and real estate agent, for first-degree murder and hold him on $2 million bail. Since then, the Franklin family has split apart. One of Franklin-Lipsker's three sisters distrusts her. Her brother, George Jr., will take the stand against her in their father's defense. Eileen's mother, who divorced George Sr. in 1975, is said...
...case against the father rests almost entirely on the daughter. Thus, much like a rape victim's, her character and credibility will be on trial when a jury determines what her father did on the afternoon of Sept. 22, 1969, when Susan, 8, did not return home from playing. Two months later, Susan's decomposed body was discovered near Crystal Springs Reservoir. Did little Eileen Franklin actually see her father murder Susan and repress it for two decades? Could her mind be playing tricks on her -- or worse, could she be getting revenge on the father who once doted...