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...course the researchers who chase intense storms never want to get that close to a tornado either, and they also try to avoid getting hit by lightning or losing control when driving too fast over slippery roads. And while they are certainly curious about the movie Twister and are well aware of the growing market for tornado videos (see box), scientists like Davies-Jones are worried that the attention their arcane line of work is attracting may inspire people to take unwise risks. They are aware that the romance of tornado chasing has attracted a dangerous number of amateurs. Sometimes...
...Salt Lake County Sheriff Aaron Kennard yesterday on 15-year-old Justin Allgood, a ninth-grade student who, wearing a cowboy hat and carrying a .357 Magnum revolver, hijacked his school bus yesterday, shot the driver, then led police on a high-speed chase before killing himself...
...when I was walking with a woman to the Cambridge Court House, she happened to ask me about my studies, and what might improve the current system of financing campaigns. I decided to cut right to the chase, saying, "The only solution is complete public financing; without it, corporations will always have more power than us." She assented, and we talked for a short while about the various scandals we had heard of. But then she added, "I just wish I knew what the candidates stood for. Like just a page each day in the paper would be enough...
Despite the seven-year difference in their ages, Theodore and David Kaczynski are brothers with a lot in common. Everyone who knows them offers the same descriptions: smart, introspective, quiet. They went to Ivy League schools but didn't use their prestigious degrees to chase the almighty dollar. They both sought solitude in remote parts of the country, where they tried to shed whatever stood between them and the natural world. Both of them appear to have compelling notions about justice. Ted's may have led him to murder. David's led him to turn his brother over...
...have a bank card, a business card and way too many credit cards. Do you still have one card too few? Visa, MasterCard, Citibank and Chase Manhattan all think so. This fall New York City will thrill to the roll-out of cash cards, the latest salvo in the banking and credit-card industries' eternal search to replace currency with plastic. Despite promises of a cashless society, 85% of everyday transactions are in cash or checks, which generate little income for banks...