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...Pentagon officials got excited when secondary explosions from inside the caves continued for hours after the initial attacks. Fuel-air explosives are also handy; an explosive aerosol can be injected into the entrance of a cave and then ignited. Anyone left inside will suffocate and be fried to a crisp...
Before Sept. 11, the answer was a crisp and concise no. Today it's open for debate. Seeking to reassure their students by any means necessary, schools across the country are turning more openly to God. Attendance surged at this year's annual See You at the Pole celebration, where Christian teens congregate at their school flagpoles for a sunrise prayer session. Such gatherings, which transpire outside of school hours, are constitutionally sound. But the same spirit is seeping into the school day. Some teachers are broadcasting morning blessings over the p.a. system or praying with distraught students. "My students...
There's something especially satisfying about the Nobels awarded this year, the 100th anniversary of the prize. The science is comprehensible; the literature is crisp and relevant; and the Peace Prize was given to the organization--and its plain-spoken director--that may have the best chance of bringing some to our fractious world...
Princeton had clearly put themselves in a position to win, and many on the Harvard bench though they had as the ball exploded off Northrop’s foot. The ball sailed through the crisp autumn air and landed wide of the goal, and the officials waved their arms to signal no good...
...artist’s soul. The engaging new production of Sunday at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston often manages to tap that incredible power of the work and, even if it never truly ascends to the sublime, offers a deeply moving evening of theater that is distinguished by crisp direction and a stellar cast...