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...first mission, James releases a cloud of smoke, protecting him from sharpshooters but obliterating his comrades' view of him. (There's another company ready to cover him closer to the action.) A taxi has just edged toward the suspected device; he tells the driver to back out of the area. No movement. James walks closer, repeats the order; stillness. He puts his gun against the man's head: "Wanna back up?" The car slides into reverse. "Well, if he wasn't an insurgent," somebody says, "he sure is now." Finding a string nearly buried in the street dirt, James finds...
...Chang isn't your typical airline pilot. The 24-year-old from Harbin, in northeast China, trained in biology, doesn't have a driver's license, and cannot legally fly a small Cessna. But in November he'll be qualified as first officer on a Boeing...
...toward the end of his career and near the beginning of mine. He was behind me, challenging my Ford with his Chaparral. All of a sudden, I saw a cloud of smoke, and his car blew out. What a relief it was, because he was a relentless, versatile driver with a fantastic record of success...
Having had the opportunity to race with Phil is a dear memory. He blazed the international trail at a time when it was unheard of for Americans to compete abroad. I was a young driver when he became the first American to win the international Formula One championship in 1961, and his victory gave me hope; when someone accomplishes your own dream, you begin to figure it's actually possible. To date, we are the only drivers to have brought a Formula One title to America...
...gunmen fired on the prime minister's motorcade as it drove from the prime minister's residence in Islamabad to pick him up at the airport in nearby Rawalpindi. The prime minister was due back from a visit to Lahore. Two shots hit the driver's window, shattering the bulletproof glass of the black Mercedes but doing no further damage. Acting Interior ministry head Rehman Malik described the incident as "a cowardly act," at a televised press briefing in Karachi. "We will catch whoever has done it," he said. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan claimed responsibility, telling Agence France Press...