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...fell from it onto homes, gardens and livestock were composed of trichlorophenol, an irritating but nonfatal chemical. But the overheating reactor sent the temperature of the TCP soaring above 200° C. Dioxin was formed-a substance so lethal that one hundred-millionth of a gram in a two-pound mixture would kill half the rabbits who might...
Sink it did last week, and not so gradually. Before the agreement, the dollar had risen to 2.08 DMs; by week's end it had dropped to 2.03. It also fell against the Swiss franc, the French franc, the Italian lira and the British pound...
...into effect. Many faculty members traditionally have preferred scholarship to teaching, and specialized graduate courses to basic undergraduate ones. "The real question," says Riesman, "is whether faculty members can be persuaded that they can teach these courses while keeping their peer respect." Furthermore, says Physics Professor Robert Pound, "The likelihood that these enormous courses will cause any excitement is fairly small...
...natural sciences oppose the core because they believe its suggested requirements do not do justice to the "hard" sciences. "I think the Natural Sciences professors don't believe that any core that contains 20 per cent Natural Science requirements is justified in this day and age," Robert V. Pound, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and an opponent of the core, said yesterday...
...became a challenge I just couldn't resist," Paulovich said yesterday after his daily two-hour practice. "I wanted to prove that the coach was wrong more than anything else in the world." Paulovich decided to start an excruciating grind of daily double-practices, pushing his muscular 150-pound frame through the knee-buckling stadiums and vomitacious drills...