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Military officials still believe that Saddam will attempt to use weapons of mass destruction against coalition forces once his resistance becomes futile; one clue may have been the thousands of chemical-weapons-protection suits coalition forces found in abandoned Iraqi bunkers. Another harrowing scenario is that if an extended siege of Baghdad failed to break Saddam's hold on power, the U.S. would be forced to send its forces downtown to get him. Since Mogadishu, the U.S. has significantly improved its urban-combat readiness, training soldiers how to fight in claustrophobic environments in which 90% of the targets are less...
...University have found a clue as to what is going on. Using information from a 14-year study that followed 14,000 children in southwest England from before birth, the team discovered that 84% of those who developed the allergy had been treated with creams containing peanut oil. They also found that children who had been fed milk from soybeans, which contain similar proteins, had a 2.6 times greater chance of becoming allergic. The Bristol group believes the reaction develops primarily in children with rashes or eczema, where the skin creams containing peanut oil enter the body through damaged skin...
...honest, I didn’t have a clue I was on the All-Ivy team until you just told me,” Grumet-Morris said. “I can’t really lie and tell you that I’ve been thinking about it and am so excited to get it. Obviously I’m honored, but it’s not where my mind...
...acquiring private assets that range from apparel makers to gas pipelines. Buffett's book is no longer the model it once was: the investments he favors these days--specially constructed bonds and convertible preferred stock and private companies--aren't available to most investors. But they offer a clue as to how he views the investment landscape...
...screaming and I had no clue why I was screaming” during the accident, Borges said...