The following is part of a report from the American Physical
Society's "What's New" weekly report.

    Article #205 (207 is last):
    From: xx066@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Physics Department)
    Newsgroups: cwru.academic.physics.world-news
    Subject: APS "What's new" file - 25 June
    Date: Fri Jun 25 21:10:52 1993

    WHAT'S NEW (in my opinion), Friday, 25 June 1993   Washington, DC

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    4. SUPERSTRING FIELD IS USED TO REDUCE CRIME IN NATION'S CAPITAL!
    The Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy revealed
    on Tuesday that a 2-month, $4M program to reduce crime has been
    underway in Washington since 5 June.  The Institute's director,
    John Hagelin, a Harvard-trained field theorist, explained that a
    coherent field generated by 1,000 trained experts meditating in
    unison has been cutting crime and enhancing the effectiveness of
    President Clinton by spreading tranquility throughout the city.
    This "scientific demonstration" will provide proof of a "unified
    superstring field," Hagelin said, but he acknowledged that the
    Supercollider will be needed to provide independent confirmation.

    Robert L. Park  opa@aps.org         The American Physical Society

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    Article #206 (207 is last):
    From: xx066@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Physics Department)
    Newsgroups: cwru.academic.physics.world-news
    Subject: APS "What's new" file - 2 July
    Date: Sat Jul  3 08:57:58 1993


    WHAT'S NEW (in my opinion), Friday, 2 July 1993    Washington, DC

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    4. EXPERIMENT GOES HORRIBLY WRONG!  MURDER RATE IN CAPITAL SOARS.
    To the scores who have asked: No, we did not make up the story
    about the anti-crime field (WN 25 Jun 93)!  No, the $4M is not
    federal money!  String theorist Hagelin, a 1992 presidential
    candidate (WN 4 Sep 92), is chair of the physics department at
    Maharishi International University.  The murder rate is way up.

    Robert L. Park  opa@aps.org         The American Physical Society