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...couple of seconds left. I squeeze the trigger-"gently," says my instructor, Peter, "so it's a surprise when the gun goes off." Bang! The rifle kicks back into my shoulder, there's a sudden reek of gunpowder, and my focus flies forward as I try (in vain) to follow the bullet to the target. "I think you winged him," Peter says...
...prosecution had recommended that the judge issue a guilty finding and sentence the four students to a year of probation, 20 hours of community service, and drug evaluations with follow-up screens, Sherman wrote. But Sprague elected to follow the defense lawyers' recommendation...
What's the President's plan? His Implementation Plan released last week was the follow-up to the 12-page National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza issued in November. It's not easy reading. Inside the snazzy red, white and blue covers are 227 pages of dense bureaucratese. The White House plan is to try to contain problems overseas, show the country that the President is in command and keep people informed so they will be calmer. Local and state governments are urged to prepare as for a terrorist attack or natural disaster. In other words, don't rely...
...about what we don't know than about what we do. Take Mr. Clean's Ultra All Purpose Cleaner, with ingredients like "surfactant (unspecified)." With another Mr. Clean ingredient, the MSDS informed me that there is "no information about the [product's] potential for carcinogenicity." I was able to follow the trail of one chemical, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, which evidently appears in everything from brake fluid to hair dye. Although the MSDS measures workplace exposure, which can be far greater than the amount one would encounter at home, the Hazardous Substances Data Bank toxnet.nlm.nih.gov warned that "results of limited...
...most storied political dynasty. He won his first election at 21: a college junior who had lived in Rhode Island only two years, Kennedy trounced a five-term incumbent to win a seat in the state legislature. In 1994 he was elected to Congress, and people predicted he would follow his father Edward into the Senate...