Word: commandeering
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...from Abraham's childhood in which he chides his father for believing in idols and survives, Daniel-like, in a fiery furnace to which he is condemned for his fealty to Allah. And in the Koranic version of Abraham's ultimate test, Abraham tells his son of God's command, and the boy replies, "O my father! Do that which thou art commanded. Allah willing, thou shalt find me of the steadfast." Notes the Koran approvingly: "They had both surrendered," using the verb whose noun form is the word Islam. For passing such trials, Allah tells Abraham, "Lo, I have...
...strategy that relies heavily on this kind of technological know-how. In the future it even wants to add such high-tech gizmos as laser beams to zap U.S. satellites that monitor battlefields, bombs emitting electromagnetic pulses that blind missile guidance systems, and computer attacks that could put U.S. command networks on the fritz...
From where does the power spring? As C.S. Lewis, who was once smitten by it, asked, is it the Prince or the Poem? Is it the fierce deliberation of one man’s mind that gives it its peculiar flavor, its unmatched intensity, and its startling command of the intellect of the great intellects who devour it? Or is it the beauty of its poetry that seems to penetrate each neuron of the brain...
...their most optimistic scenarios, the war will begin once again in the skies, with satellite-guided bombs that are far "smarter" and more plentiful than the laser-guided bombs used in 1991 during the first war with Iraq. Washington would initially try to take out air-defense and command-and-control sites. Next to go would be Saddam's palaces and other symbols of his power, such as television studios and transmitting towers used to fill Iraqi airwaves with his words and image. Other early targets would include the mobile missile launchers in western Iraq capable of lobbing Scud missiles...
...captain of an aircraft carrier is like a father of 5,500 children?and when the kids mess up, Dad takes the fall. That appears to be what happened to U.S. Navy Captain Thomas Hejl, until last week the commander of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. After a string of alleged criminal acts by crew members of the Yokosuka-based ship, the Navy removed Hejl from his post 'due to a loss of confidence in his ability to lead his crew and carry out essential missions and taskings,' according to a statement by U.S. Seventh Fleet command. Six members...