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...fashion is the ultimate philosophy. Together with modern farms, a medieval patchwork of agriculture still yields its plenty to cordon bleu tables in a country better prepared for the 21st century than most -- a land crisscrossed by bullet trains, a nuclear-electric power grid, Airbus jetliners and satellites borne aloft in Ariane rockets...
...amount of carbon dioxide that humans are pumping into the atmosphere by up to 2%. Kuwait's fires are putting out as much CO2 as all the cars, homes and industries of France. While these emissions will stop when the fires are put out, the gas will remain aloft for 100 years. Trying to reduce CO2 output by an equivalent amount will be difficult, even for the world's largest economies, says Rafe Pomerance, a senior associate at Washington's World Resources Institute...
They surrendered all along what was supposed to be the mighty "Saddam line," in squads, then platoons. Many waved tattered pieces of white cloth. Some held aloft the Koran...
...Iraqis a chance to apply it. Once the air offensive began on Jan. 16, it became obvious that for the first time air power was going to play a decisive role in war. Again Saddam made a misstep: after losing 36 fighters to allied aircraft, fighters he sent aloft, he grounded his 800-plane air force and eventually dispatched 137 of his top-of- the-line combat and transport aircraft to sanctuary in Iran. Allied planes then flew 80,000 sorties virtually unhindered and lost only 36, dramatically fewer than the 200 the coalition command had braced for. Asked...
...forcing the U.S. industry to consolidate. With passenger revenues slowing, the airlines separated into two groups: healthy carriers with strong balance sheets, like American, United and Delta, and those weighed down by excessive debt from buyouts and overexpansion, such as Pan Am, Eastern, TWA and Continental. To remain aloft, the weaker carriers sold routes, planes and other assets piecemeal to their stronger competitors, widening the chasm. Desperate for cash, Pan Am offered its London routes to United for $290 million, while financially troubled TWA agreed to unload its Heathrow landing rights to American for $445 million...