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Princeton dean of admissions Fred Hargadon did not return telephone calls...
...Ebola virus, which is as deadly and gruesome as aids, yet has an incubation period of only one week. The story was full of pungent quotes like "There wasn't going to be any safe place in the world," and "Karl, you'd better come quick to the lab. Fred has harvested some cells, and they've got worms." It read like a ready- made movie in pleasing embryo form...
...Bobby S. Fred also uses an alias to run an independent record label -- which he refuses to name -- and to edit a post-punk zine called Bobby Is Fred. He makes his living stuffing burritos at a Del Taco in Los Angeles. Unlike wannabes who prowl Sunset Plaza looking to get noticed, Bobby craves obscurity. He enjoys saying his favorite activity is eating at such trendy restaurants as Spago -- by serving himself from the Dumpster out back. "Look, this is a nation of disenfranchised kids," says Bobby. "The reason we don't talk to the mainstream media is because...
...Typhoon Fred killed 700 people in eastern China this past weekend. During its maximum strength, it packed winds of 118 m.p.h. and caused landslides, tidal waves and flooding in more than 30 towns. Financial losses are estimated to be $1.2 billion. BTW: Other parts of China are trying to recover from a severe drought...
...larger groups represented at the meeting -- notably Operation Rescue and its more sizable spin-offs -- seemed at least superficially resistant to that transition; they require that members sign a pledge of nonviolence. Yet Fred Hobbs, a special agent with the Florida department of law enforcement who has been investigating antiabortion violence for over a year, notes, "We feel that sometimes these pledges are ((merely)) a means to avoid prosecution under criminal and civil RICO ((federal racketeering)) statutes." In addition, during the meeting more militant pro-lifers founded a new group, the American Coalition of Life Activists, at least partly...