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...first, Khe Sanh's barren landscape presented problems for the B-52s' radar system, which usually takes a fix on a prominent ground feature, such as a bridge or high building. To solve that, the U.S. employed a recently developed system called "Sky Spot." Using a power ground-control center on South Viet Nam's coast, Sky Spot directed the bombers to the general area of their destination. There, on hilltops miles from the fighting, the U.S. placed meshes of wire that acted as radar reflectors and electronic beacons that emitted continuous signals. Gauging the distance...
Most of the prisoners, including 440 hard-core Communists, are kept in three camps on two barren Aegean islands, where they are allowed to receive mail and packages from their families. According to reports by the International Red Cross, they are also allowed to go outside for exercise at least once daily, are fed edible food and receive adequate medical care. Even so, the Red Cross considers only one of the three camps suitable for long-term confinement, has protested against the overcrowding and lack of proper sanitary facilities in the other two. The government also holds several hundred prisoners...
...base. Once a year pilgrims from Ceylon and India come to the island to pay homage to its patron saint, St. Anthony, in a tiny church that measures only 12 ft. by 14 ft. and can hold at most 100 worshipers. Last week Kachcha Tivu, Tamil words that mean barren island, gained a measure of international prominence by becoming the center of one of history's more ridiculous disputes...
...changes. During periods of intense solar bombardment, there are noticeable changes in atmospheric pressure and the direction of jet streams near the north and south poles, which are not protected by the magnetic field. Such changes on a worldwide basis, the scientists say, might cause lush valleys to become barren wastes, deserts to bloom, icecaps to grow and cover the land, or to melt and raise sea levels enough to flood coastal cities...
...Absence of O'Hara. There was a great deal that wanted altering in lona Station, Ont., the dour, Scot-dominated farming community in which Galbraith grew up. "It was a dreadfully barren existence up there," says his younger sister, Mrs. Catherine Denholm, now a resident of the pleasant town of Elora, Ont. "It was totally arid." William Galbraith, a schoolteacher turned farmer, was a 6-ft. 8-in. giant like his son, but unlike him in other respects. Shy and modest, he nonetheless became a leading light in the local branch of the Liberal Party...