Word: maryland
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...sludge, courtesy of the citizens of Baltimore, set out on its vagabondage from Maryland nine weeks ago, and has been plying the rails ever since. After Louisiana declined the tribute, the so-called Poo-Poo Choo-choo chugged into a rail yard near Pascagoula, Miss. But Mississippi's department of environmental quality threatened a fine of $2 million a day, so the train operator gave up, and at week's end was preparing to follow the scent back to Maryland...
Medical applications are also being rapidly developed. Researchers at Maryland's Johns Hopkins have made a pill slightly larger than a daily vitamin supplement that has a silicon thermometer and the electronics necessary to broadcast instant temperature readings to a recording device. By having a patient swallow the pill, doctors can pinpoint worrisome hot spots anywhere within the digestive tract. Future "smart pills" may transmit information about heart rates, stomach acidity or neural functions. Says Russell Eberhart, program manager at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory: "This could change the way we diagnose and monitor patients...
Neither Frank nor his attorney, former Maryland Attorney General Stephen Sachs, were present at yesterday's hearing. Sachs did not return phone calls seeking comment. Frank maintained his policy of not commenting on the case...
Washington attorney Stephen Sachs, a former U.S. attorney in Baltimore and a former Maryland attorney general, said yesterday that his job as Frank's lawyer before the House Ethics Committee will be to separate fact from fiction...
...police sobriety checkpoints in Michigan was attacked shortly after state police began using them in 1986. The program was modeled after one used in Maryland...