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OCR Page 1 of 3RECORD TYPE: FEDERAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: [email protected] [email protected] [ UNKNOWN])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 3-JAN-1997 19:15:10.00
SUBJECT: What's New for Jan 03, 1997
TO: [email protected] [email protected] [ OSTP ])
READ:UNKNOWN
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WHAT'S NEW by Robert L. Park Friday, 3 Jan 97 Washington,DC
1. NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH A BANG--BOMB SQUAD EVACUATES OUR OFFICE.
Our first thought was that someone is overreacting to the last
WHAT'S NEW, but the target was an Arabic-language newspaper in
the office above us in the National Press Building. A total of
four letter bombs were found yesterday and removed safely. Two
more bombs were found in the Post Office awaiting delivery.
2. DOE LAUNCHES THE SCIENCE-BASED STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.
The world's fastest ultra-supercomputer was unveiled last week by
DOE and Intel, and DOE gave final approval to proceed with the
National Ignition Facility at Livermore. These are key elements
of a program meant to allow the United States to maintain a safe
and reliable nuclear deterrent without underground testing.
3. PREDICTIONS: WHAT'S NEW GOES ONE-ON-ONE WITH TABLOID PSYCHIC.
Jeane Dixon is determined to improve her numbers this year: She
boldly predicts that the Pope, Boris Yeltsin and Frank Sinatra
will have health problems. Yeah, sure, and there will be storms
in the Middle West. None of that timid stuff for WHAT'S NEW:
*
ROBERT WALKER, retired chair of the House Science Committee,
will become the President of a major Washington lobbing firm.
* RUSSIA will renege on its commitment to the International Space
Station. The U.S. will pretend it's international anyway.
*
SCIENTISTS in record numbers will lobby Congress to maintain
the nation's investment in basic research, with some success.
* THE LINE-ITEM VETO won't put an end to pork-barrel funding; if
the President tries to use it, it will be challenged in court.
* EXPOSURE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS will not cause cancer in
people who are wearing rubber soled shoes.
* WHAT'S NEW will contimue to be error free and noncontroversial.
4. BOOK REVIEW: WN PICKS THE MOST OVERLOOKED BOOK OF 1996.
"CONJURING SCIENCE: Scientific Symbols and Cultural Meanings in