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...inspectors' requests, demonstrated most dramatically by Iraq's destruction last week of 40 banned al-Samoud missiles. "We are not watching the breaking of toothpicks," Blix said. ElBaradei disputed the veracity of Western intelligence reports that Iraq had purchased uranium from Niger. Secretary of State Colin Powell could barely contain his exasperation with the inspectors' upbeat assessments. Privately, his aides trashed them--"Pathetically unaggressive, amateurish and believing everything the Iraqis tell them," a senior State Department official said--and claimed that the inspectors are ignoring tips from U.S. intelligence and capitulating to Iraqi intimidation. Inspectors vehemently deny the charges...
...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...
...area they call the 'bomb farm'. From there they are loaded onto fighters. Plus, there are the dumb green bombs that just make a hole in the ground and the smarter laser guided missiles. All of them have numbers and yellow stripes around the snout to show that they contain live ammunition. "We are 'oh, so' ready," grins Captain Mark.I. Fox, head of the Commander Air Group. "In fact, my challenge is to sustain the excellence without burning people...
DoubleTake is clearly a labor of love. After reading the 128 pages following the editors’ note in its premiere issue—which contain personalized narratives ranging from a poem by Seamus Heaney to a photoessay of life in the Chicago barrio to impressionistic short stories—even the most skeptical reader would be moved to appreciate its social conscience. In its variety, consistency and precision of editorial expression, DoubleTake is unique. No word goes unillustrated, and no picture unexplained...
...senior captain walked off the court to a standing ovation, he couldn’t contain the emotions of the moment. Merchant cried as his teammates embraced him, leaving his tears fittingly on the floor with the blood and sweat of all those years...