Word: fallen
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...celebrates the Iraqi dictator: SADDAM WILL STAY FOREVER. BUSH IS A DOG, BLAIR IS A PROSTITUTE, says a scrawling in Tikrit. "I think it's important that we capture or kill Saddam," Bremer tells TIME, "because it affects the political psychology of the place." Failure to collar the fallen dictator, he says, is "one of the reasons that we are now seeing a renaissance of the Baathists in small groups." So where is Saddam? The problem, says Bremer, is that "we are not getting actionable--timely and accurate--intelligence. It's a hard...
...carmakers know that if the wheels are too big, they can screw up the power steering or transmission. Hence the industry's slow shift to 17-in. rims. Over the past two years, shipments to automakers of 17-in. tires have risen 9%, while shipments of 15-inchers have fallen nearly 12%. Even BMW's pint-size Mini Cooper comes with optional 17-in. wheels...
...fact, Tuscany remained the only industrial producer of geothermal electricity until 1958, when New Zealand opened a steam power plant), it was the first to see its underground reserves begin depleting, after registering a significant drop in steam pressure output. A closer study revealed that underground liquid reserves had fallen by 30% from the maximum levels of the 1950s. "We began reaching the boundaries and had to confront the problem of sustainability for the first time," Cappetti explains...
While her academic interests still run to the philosophical and theological, Paretzky’s heart belongs solely to music. Her previous plans of attending divinity school or following her longtime love of athletics into a career of working in sports management have fallen by the wayside. As she explains, a wide smile breaking out across her face, “I got sidetracked along...
...child was attempting to recover a rocket-propelled-grenade launcher from a fallen Iraqi, but the soldier’s instructions were to prevent any opposition forces from taking back the weapon...