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...that Washington sent him veiled threats indicating the U.S. and Israel would retaliate with nuclear arms if he did. Deploying the weapons effectively would in any case have been difficult. Still, Administration experts say they were capable of causing thousands of casualties. "It would have been awful," says Matthew Meselson, a germ-warfare expert at Harvard University. For example, botulinum toxin kills by interfering with the nervous system and ultimately paralyzing the respiratory muscles. The Pentagon estimated that just one Scud missile warhead filled with the toxin could contaminate...
...does awfully good work," Meselson said. "If this means he will do less work, then there will be less good work done in science...
Nevertheless, Meselson said the closing would have "very little effect on Harvard's science departments, citing the wealth of research projects performed on campus...
Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Matthew S. Meselson, also a biochemist, said he was surprised by the news...
...their request to visit the surrounding farmland, "The secret service said that 'It is forbidden and if you do, you will be out of the country in 24 hours,'" Meselson said...