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In a memo released in October under the name of U.S. senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island, Pell aide C.B. Scott Jones asked the Defense Department whether President Bush and his top aides were inserting a secret code word into their speeches about the Persian Gulf war. The word “Simone” supposedly could be heard by listening to the speeches backward. Jones, Pell’s “paranormal expert,” conceded that if the government intended no secret word, Pell’s finding would be “just another mystery in a new technology we are developing.” He did not elaborate.
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What Goes Around Comes Around
When burglars in Amarillo, Texas, used hacksaws and hammers to strip a vacant building of copper fixtures in April, local health officials put out an alert for the burglars because the pipes were lined with asbestos, and officials figure the men got an unusually heavy dose.
