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...system was unable to locate even hovering helicopters. Although the weapon was mostly a patchwork of proven hardware, the computer that was supposed to coordinate the system never worked properly, and its auxiliary power unit provided a heat target for attacking infrared missiles. Charges of $84 million by the contractor, Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp., have been disputed by the Pentagon, which has already paid $1.8 billion for 65 of the guns...
...they are attracted to old-time Bible faith by the certainty of its answers to religious questions. They profess its power to make life meaningful and wholesome, to provide clear moral guidance and to offer a sense of spiritual redemption through Jesus Christ. "People are hungering for truth," says Contractor Calvin Beeler, who worships at a small Berean Baptist church near Charlottesville, Va. Baptist Susan Baker of Del City, Okla., who was widowed this year at age 25, testifies that faith pulls her through her grief: "I never do feel like I'm alone. It's like all the pieces...
...ruling marks a major victory for Cambridge, which fought ADL's claim that federal legislation on weapons and defense powers superseded any local prohibition on such activity. Lawyers for the defense contractor also contended that the state's Constitutional stipulations on weapons development authorized chemical warfare research...
...accident was not related to the $27 million Quad renovations that began last, week, said Harvard officials. The University had hired the rigging contractor, G.H. Harmun, to replace the Moors' boiler room door, but not for the large-scale project...
Kurt Carlson, 38, Rockford, Ill., roofing contractor. When he realized a hijacking was in progress, he pulled the identification from his wallet that showed him to be a major in the Army Reserve and stuffed it underneath his seat. Unfortunately, Carlson had an official U.S. Government passport. He says, "They identified me as being diplomatic. They saw it as either CIA or FBI." Carlson was beaten severely over a period of 4 1/2 hours. "They started hitting me on the back of the shoulders with an arm of a chair that was torn off." He remained in mortal danger until...