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Americans feeling dehumanized by having their names replaced by numbers can take heart. They too can play the numbers game-and all in the name of law and order. Police in Scarsdale, N.Y., have just instituted an antiburglary campaign called Project Theft Guard in which residents may borrow an electric engraving pen and etch their Social Security numbers on such stealable items as TV sets, record players, typewriters, jewelry and bicycles. The home owners are also given stickers declaring THIS HOUSE HAS JOINED PROJECT THEFT GUARD to paste on their front and back doors. The safety measures, say police, will...
...majority of the lawyers, bankers and businessmen who dominate the board of trustees bristled at the thought of applauding the theft of Government documents. It was only after a bitter debate that the trustees voted reluctantly to accept the nominations. In an unprecedented statement they admitted: "Had the selections been those of the trustees alone, certain of the recipients would not have been chosen...
...star week at the U.S. Parole Board. Yes, said the board, to parole applications from 1) Bobby Baker, 43, the onetime protégéof Lyndon B. Johnson who has served 15 months of a one-to-three-year sentence for theft, income tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the Government; 2) Dr. Martin Sweig, 50, an assistant to former House Speaker John W. McCormack who has served nine months of a 43-month sentence for perjury, bribery and conspiracy in procuring military discharges; 3) Anthony De Angelis, 56, who has served seven years of a 20-year sentence...
...lethally, the novel's title, Binary, and its suspense are readily understandable. Crichton also manages to turn the book into something of an early warning device. An epilogue in the form of think-tank recommendations to the Government suggests specific changes in existing procedures to prevent the theft of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. Crichton's bureaucrats halfheartedly promise to review the report "in the near future...
Students are then given a police form on which they list all the engraved articles, and a "Theft-Guard" sticker to be placed outside their door as a warning to prospective thieves...