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...machine. And they depend on radar equipment that runs on World War II-type vacuum tubes. This creaking system is dangerously prone to breakdowns. In one notorious instance in the winter of 1988, the radar sentinel in North Carolina was out of service for 10 days, during which a batch of tornadoes tore up the state, injuring 157 people, killing four and wreaking $77 million worth of damage...
...latest batch of tapes, which languished for nearly two decades in the National Archives while Nixon lawyers and the government argued over how to release them, show just how coarse and ruthless a man he was. At one point he enthuses over a suggestion to recruit "eight thugs" from the Teamsters Union -- "murderers" -- to gang up on peace protesters. "They've got guys who will go in and knock their heads off," says Nixon. "Sure," adds Haldeman, "Beat the s--- out of some of these people...
...most controversial order of the batch is the proposal paying the way for a so-called "tenant tax," which the council passed 8 to 1 last week after hours of impassioned discussion...
...networks try, try again with a batch of mid-season replacements: a spy series from the creators of China Beach; the return of a famous vampire; and a sitcom with star power...
Saddam's promise to liberate the hostages, not accidentally, reinforced the impression of a softening Iraq. The first batch of releases was expected this week, and Iraqi officials have said all the captives -- who number up to 4,000, including 750 Americans -- should be home by Christmas. In freeing the foreigners, Saddam has little if anything to lose. Apparently, he became convinced that holding on to them was bringing him ignominy the world over, and for no gain. The nations aligned against him had made clear that they were not going to be deterred from military action by the risk...