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...flies imagery satellites). The priciest gadgets are not always the ones suited to fighting the terrorist threat. During the past five years, while the U.S. spent billions of dollars to build and launch about half a dozen radar-imaging spy satellites, the CIA and others built 60 Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS) at about $3 million apiece. The Predators, not the satellites, killed terrorists in Afghanistan...
...little over a week ago was the 17th annual Cultural Rhythms festival hosted by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, and once again it was an incredible show. From the aerial acrobatics of the first group, Bhangra, to the class-pride of the last group, the ’05 Steppers, the performances were all of high quality. As this year’s host, Blair Underwood, said, “This is simply stunning. I’ve seen some people in Hollywood who you look at and say, ‘How did they get into...
...weather was right - no snow and not much wind - and so freestyle aerial skier Ales Valenta of the Czech Republic decided to try a quintuple twist with a triple back-flip. No one had ever attempted?much less landed?a five twist jump in the Olympics. For Valenta it was a maneuver he had completed perfectly only twice in practice. But he was trailing defending Olympic champion Eric Bergoust of the U.S. and three others after the first round of jumps. Valenta needed something spectacular to win. Indeed, the five-twist jump he executed was spectacular. Also decisive. He took...
...officer investigated a small plane circling Harvard Yard and discovered that the pilot was authorized to take aerial photographs of the area...
Bergoust, a.k.a. Air Bergy, the defending gold medalist in aerial skiing, sees these Games as a huge opportunity for his sport to "transcend skiing." Says he: "An aerials event in sunny blue sky is the most beautiful thing." Aerials tickets sold out before the downhill tickets, and competition will take place in front of some 13,000 fans in a festive atmosphere at Deer Valley...