Word: blasted
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...kids do not need much convincing. Like their parents, who remember the nuclear-blast drills of the 1950s and grew up fearing the Bomb, they have heard frightening stories of leaking waste drums, growing ozone holes and vanishing species. "I hope the earth is O.K. when I grow up," says young Kimberly Carr, speaking for many in her generation, "because I don't want to have to find another place to live...
...Silva, 23, and his rancher father, Darly Alves da Silva, 54, went on trial in the Amazonian town of Xapuri last week for the murder of Francisco ("Chico") Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper and defender of the rain forests who became an environmental martyr after a single shotgun blast killed him in 1988. Asked by the judge if he "carried out" the murder, Darci answered, "I confirm...
...were the targets of one of Mendes' last empates, in March 1988. After the confrontation, Mendes, who had allegedly been threatened many times by the elder Da Silva, feared for his life and alerted the police. But on Dec. 22, 1988, Mendes was struck down by a single shotgun blast as he stepped out the back door of his home. His police bodyguards were inside playing dominoes. Mendes...
...homing device, and multiple-rocket launchers would subject Saddam's troops to a murderous hail of ground fire. Missile-firing Cobra and Apache helicopters would hit Iraqi armored units from distances beyond the pilots' sight; A-10 antitank planes belching more than 4,000 cannon rounds a minute would blast away from closer range. The battleships Wisconsin and Missouri might chip in with Tomahawk missiles launched from far out in the gulf. "When you concentrate that kind of firepower, you can kill an entire regiment in less than five minutes," says one American general...
...unless the Iraqi troops collapsed quickly and began surrendering en ( masse, allied infantry and armor would have to go on the attack. On paper the ratios seem extremely unfavorable. Conventional military wisdom is that attackers should have a 3-to-1 superiority in numbers to blast defenders out of well-entrenched positions; in Kuwait and Iraq the numbers would be only equal. American tanks would actually be outnumbered 3-to-1 by Iraqi armor, though the numbers of heavy tanks would be approximately even, and the American M1 Abrams is thought to be superior in speed, maneuverability and firepower...