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In article <C1DxM5.Ev.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes:
>
>...there's a significant chance that you read either this story or a reference
>to this story, and now you remember it as an historical event.
>
>Or, maybe, [lowers voice to ominous tone] 
>it...wasn't...just...a...story!!! [eerie music plays in background]
>    
> :-)
 
In fact, it *was* an historical event.  About four years ago(?), the media
spent a great deal of time pondering a number of "suspicious" suicides
of defence scientists working in Britain for companies like Marconi
Space and Defence.  It's even possible that "60 Minutes" ran a segment
on the issue.  Nothing was ever proven, though, and the media lost
interest.  As I recall, the suspicious nature of the deaths was raised
by the victim's families who asked the media to investigate on their behalf.
 
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Dave Michelson                             University of British Columbia 
davem@ee.ubc.ca                                  Antenna Laboratory