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Barry said local officials still do not appreciate that they are in a unique position to detect and stymie acts of terror before they even occur...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U.S. Unprepared for Attack, Panelists Say | 4/26/2002 | See Source »

...SOME WRITERS HAVE GREAT LATE PERIODS? I'd like to think that I have gotten better, that the writer you're talking to now is a better craftsman than the one who wrote Carrie when he was 22 or 23 years old. But I don't detect in my own work any particular late blossoming [laughs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Stephen King | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...soft. The soft kind is the most vulnerable to rupturing without warning. But what makes soft plaque doubly dangerous is that it doesn't always protrude into the hole where the blood flows. Instead it is buried in the arterial wall--or doughnut--where it is harder to detect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Heart's Hidden Danger | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

...been flooded with so many phone calls from people convinced they are being taped that the government is holding "how-to" seminars on the de-bugging of homes and offices. Taipei-based Gi Ya Company claims more than 100,000 customers have purchased a device that is supposed to detect radio waves emitted by spy cams equipped with wireless communication capabilities. The $30 appliance, marketed to women for personal protection, comes fitted with a whistle, a make-up mirror, and a stun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Always on the Lookout | 3/25/2002 | See Source »

...MIVIP is still a cumbersome and limited device. It hasn't given Marie her normal vision back. At best, it can help restore mobility by helping people avoid obstacles, recognize landmarks in unfamiliar environments and detect very simple shapes. "This is not true vision," Veraart stresses. "And it's definitely not a cure for blindness. It's something to help people better cope with their impairment. It's like a wheelchair: it doesn't help people walk again, but it does help them get around. As a technological solution, that's not bad at all." Marie agrees. She has undergone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Body Electric | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

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