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<div align="center"><b>Russell Banks</b></div>
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<div align="center"><b>A Reading</b></div>
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<div align="center">Banks reads a short story called<b> The Moor</b>
and the first chapter of his new novel,<b> The Darling</b> in this
late fall appearance at MIT.</div>
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Symposium presents</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Weapons of Mass
Confusion: Assessing the True Risks</b></font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">This sobering panel
discussion features some of the leading minds on the realities of
weapons in the post-9/11 world and is moderated by<b> Dr. Kosta
Tsipis,</b> research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000">Panelists:</font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Owen Cote</b>, Associate
Director, MIT Securities Studies Program</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Jeanne Guillermin</b>,
Senior Fellow, MIT Security Studies Program</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000">and Professor of Sociology,
Boston College</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Steven Miller</b>,
Director of the International Studies Program, Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs, Harvard University</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Philip Morrison</b>,
Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus</font></div>
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