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Even though I love them, they are haunting in my dreams. When I see grizzlies in the northwestern Montana forest up here, in real life, it is more exhilarating than frightening. After the bear has seen or heard or scented me and galloped away in alarm, a feeling of awe remains. Almost always the bears run away. Sometimes if they feel that they don't have an escape route, they will bluff charge, veering away hard at the last yard, the last foot, the last inch. I don't know why they are so much more frightening in my dreams...
...video monitors displays scenes from 825 cameras arrayed around the airport. Mitch Greenberg, a former paramedic, was the man in the hot seat one recent Sunday, scanning the screens and barking into a microphone to deal with each security infraction-such as a pilot's setting off an alarm at a secure door when his ID badge is misread. For major incidents-big weather problems as well as security breaches-the action shifts to the room next door, where a swat team of airport personnel are summoned around a circular conference table whose centerpiece pops up at the push...
...blamed opposition parties for time wasting, which she said was delaying the passage of important legislation. Bill English, leader of the National Party, disputed the charge, and accused Clark of manipulating the people of New Zealand. The U.S. Dirty Bomber The White House backed off from its initial alarm over an alleged plot to explode a "dirty bomb," a conventional explosive laced with a radioactive element. The U.S. government said that the threat of such an attack on an American city was minimal. The clarification followed U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's announcement of the arrest...
...enforcement agencies and - particularly since Sept. 11 - the U.S. government, European legislatures have approved greater snooping powers. As the trend continues, however, there is growing concern among civil libertarians, politicians and others about the degree to which such laws are necessary, practical or consistent with fundamental human-rights guarantees. Alarm bells began to sound in late May when the European Parliament amended the E.U.'s telecommunications framework legislation. The revision allows the E.U.'s 15 member states to introduce national legislation requiring telephone companies and Internet service providers to log and retain data on customers' calls, e-mails, faxes...
...meantime, Vajpayee has undergone a sudden conversion from peacemaker to warmonger?primarily in response to political pressures. This year's standoff on the border shows the dovish Prime Minister has accepted the argument that war?or the threat of it?works. In comments that set off alarm bells around the world, Vajpayee last month spoke twice of an impending "decisive battle" against India's "enemy." Although he has repeatedly said that he does not want war, the Prime Minister has sound strategic reasons for ratcheting up the rhetoric. Since Sept. 11, he has found the international community more sympathetic...