Word: fighters
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...race has come down to a tough scrap over economic issues because any advantage that Chocola hopes he'll have by standing alongside President Bush in support of the war on terrorism is probably matched by Long Thompson's ready references to her husband's career as a fighter pilot and her open support for Bush. But that doesn't mean Chocola isn't trying to make a distinction. After Bush came to South Bend for a fund raiser that pulled in $650,000 for Chocola and the Indiana G.O.P., he told the Washington Post the visit "sent the message...
...race has come down to a tough scrap over economic issues because any advantage that Chocola hopes he'll have by standing alongside President Bush in support of the war on terrorism is probably matched by Long Thompson's ready references to her husband's career as a fighter pilot and her open support for Bush. But that doesn't mean Chocola isn't trying to make a distinction. After Bush came to South Bend for a fund raiser that pulled in $650,000 for Chocola and the Indiana g.o.p., he told the Washington Post the visit "sent the message...
...where all the newfangled gadgetry comes in. A burst of buying in the past three years has given China a high-tech capability it never had before. China has added quiet-running submarines to its already extensive underwater fleet, as well as powerful anti-ship missiles and top-gun fighter jets, mostly supplied by Russia. In so doing, China is creating pockets of military excellence to address "real-world scenarios like coercing Taiwan back to negotiations or deterring U.S. action," says Thomas Christensen, a military expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taiwan has nervously taken notice of the threat...
...increasingly express concern about the plight of Kashmiris. Mahmood's brother Tahir says he began to hate his job at a clinic, eventually quitting to join Islamic groups. One day, Mahmood asked his family for permission to go to Kashmir. "My father's initial reaction," relates Tahir, a onetime fighter himself, "was neutral?not bad, not good. But later he reckoned (Mahmood) had done the right thing...
Randy A. Wittreich is a volunteer fire fighter with the Rivervale, N.J. volunteer fire company...