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...worth pointing out that Heatwole was never a threat. He didn't plant a bomb, and box cutters on a plane aren't a big deal anymore for one simple reason: other passengers. "A terrorist who jumps up with box cutters will probably be beaten to death," says Brian Jenkins, a security expert with the Rand Corp. That said, some security professionals say they're indebted to Heatwole. "That kid is my hero," says Charles Slepian, head of the Foreseeable Risk Analysis Center. "He got us to pay attention to what many of us have known since 9/11--that security...
...time, it’s luck of the draw, and the players I specifically hit were very good. [Fritz-Krockow], the girl that I lost to, played unbelievably well…. She probably could’ve beaten anyone that...
...Delaware (8-0)—The Blue Hens stormed into Annapolis this weekend and shocked Navy, 21-17. And I know what you’re thinking: your high school team could have beaten the Midshipmen...
...Empty Stomachs Prisoners are forced to labor in deadly conditions while being given "only enough food to be kept perpetually on the brink of starvation." One prisoner was so maddened by hunger that he stole a leather whip, soaked it in water and ate it. When caught, he was beaten to death with a feces-covered stick...
...much everyone else. Namu spent years isolated in the mountains herding yaks with an uncle who never speaks. She jealously punishes her sister by feeding her a sausage of human feces to protest her sister's larger portions of meat. By the final pages of the book, Namu has beaten two people bloody, devastated a suitor, demolished a kitchen with an axe and fled her village with her mother flinging stones at her back. Through it all, she remains likable: you have to root for a girl trying so hard to leave her village on her own terms, something...