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...point out enemy targets. Before an attack plane can launch its missiles at a Iraqi tank, an FAC must identify the target, declare that particular plane "hot" and switch on the targeting authority on the plane's computer. "The complexity is that you've got human beings in the chain," says Army spokesman Major Peter Keating. "And at night, when everybody's moving and talking on the radio, there's no guarantee that everyone's in the right place at the right time...
...store is also enjoying record sales in war paraphenalia to civilians gas mask sales at the chain of three Army-Navy supply stores in Boston have skyrocketed from the "occasional sale" to more than 200 sold last week. Koster said...
Once Tew broke the losing chain, the Crimson unleashed a torrent of wins. Harvard senior George Polsky rallied to a 3-2 win, and Jon Karlen took four games to defeat Princeton sophomore Chuck Goodwin...
...orders for a Middle East Crisis map published in October. Cable-TV companies have enjoyed a surge in business too, largely because many viewers suddenly feel they must have CNN. Travel agents reported that customers were demanding hotels with cable TV. Said Michael Arrington, chairman of a chain of travel agencies based in Chicago: "Getting away from it all is no longer a draw...
...these troubled times, ostentatiousness is out, austerity in. One person heeding that message is Tom Monaghan, the centimillionaire founder of the Domino's Pizza chain (1990 revenues: nearly $2.7 billion). Monaghan, an architecture aficionado and leading collector of Frank Lloyd Wright artifacts, has decided to abandon his $5 million dream house. Even though it was one- third completed, Monaghan halted construction of the 22,000-sq.-ft. mansion in Ann Arbor, Mich., which he had intended to be the keystone in a development of exceedingly expensive mansions designed by eminent architects. The pizza tycoon, who is shifting his attention toward...