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...elicits responses from even the most taciturn Quadlings. Some walk through the shuttle's middle set of doors and emit a sly smile at the novelty. Some grab the metal poles lining the seats and swing around like circus performers. And some simply genuflect at any sighting...
...break in the Ayyash case, according to the senior official, came a month ago, when Israeli agents traced the number of the mobile telephone he was using. Because such phones emit radio signals, they were able to keep tabs on Ayyash's whereabouts. "From then on, he was in the cross hairs and it was just a matter of time," said the official. Next Ayyash's hunters created problems with his phone line. Through intermediaries, he sent the phone for repair to a Gaza shopkeeper, who forwarded it to an Israeli mobile-phone company, whereupon security officials intercepted it. They...
Most of the search must be conducted on the ground. Minivans are rented at the local airport, the backseats removed and replaced with electronic detectors that can sniff the neutrons and gamma radiation a nuclear device might emit. The vans, however, are only good for use in large open areas like parking lots and highways. To search narrow streets and buildings, as many as 100 two-person teams, dressed as inconspicuously as possible, are sent on foot patrols. One team member carries a special radiation detector designed to be hidden in briefcases, student backpacks, laptop computer bags--even beer coolers...
...diagnostic and assessment teams have all kinds of equipment, such as portable X-ray machines, with which to peek under the bomb's wrapping. An instrument that looks like a Dustbuster is swept over the outside of the bomb to vacuum up any faint but telling fumes it might emit...
...singing amphibian who appeared in a single Warner Bros. cartoon, One Froggy Evening, back in 1955. He would burst into exuberant renditions of The Michigan Rag and I'm Just Wild About Harry for his delighted owner. But the minute anyone else showed up, all the frog could emit was a feeble croak, driving his owner from dreams of instant wealth to the brink of insanity. The cartoon is not exactly an uplifting parable for a company on the verge of a new venture, but this week the frog will be reincarnated as the on- air mascot for Warner...