Word: blasting
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...cars? Well, the cars are magnificent. All 16 are vintage European--the U.S. was master of mass production, not small-scale luxury output. Most were designed originally to race, like the 1929 Blower Bentley, with the supercharger that sits bluntly beneath its radiator to blast more oxygen into the fuel mix. Many of Lauren's cars were produced in limited editions, sometimes very limited. In the case of the plump 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe, that means three. That may have had something to do with its improbable steel ridgeback seam, several inches high, like a Mohawk haircut that...
...apartment towers sprang up along Beirut's Mediterranean shore. Perhaps that is why it was there, on a bend in the famed seafront corniche just by the five-star Phoenicia Hotel, that a thunderous explosion blew apart Hariri's armor-plated convoy, killing him and 14 others. As the blast showered the pavement with broken glass and sent a column of black smoke into the sky, suspicion quickly focused on the country that has used political assassination to maintain its dominion over Lebanon for three decades: Syria. Though Damascus denied involvement, anti-Syrian emotions were unleashed in the streets...
...planned peacekeeping mission. Earlier in the week, there had been protests against the inclusion of troops from neighboring countries in the proposed force. A Loud Retort THAILAND A car bomb exploded near a hotel in Sungai Kolok, killing at least six people and wounding 40 others. The blast came after a visit to the country's southern region by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, during which he threatened to use economic sanctions against villages suspected of supporting Islamic militants. Police arrested one suspect. Route to Peace PAKISTAN The government reached agreement with India to launch a bus service on April...
...That goal still seems a long way off. Last week, a huge explosion ripped through Fuxin's Sunjiawan mine, killing 213 miners, the worst mine accident reported since the founding of the People's Republic. The blast was the latest in a series of massive disasters that have prompted government pledges of reform and official recognition that $6 billion needs to be spent improving safety in state-run operations. China's mines are the world's deadliest: last year 6,027 coal workers were reported killed in China?about 80 percent of the global total?though independent observers...
...told a group of officials he was willing to take responsibility for last week's blast, according to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper. But it will take more than that before Fuxin's workers feel safer underground...