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DIED. DAVE GRAUE, 75, cartoonist who drew the syndicated strip Alley Oop, about a cheerful time-traveling Neanderthal; in a car accident; near Flat Rock, N.C. Graue attended high school with the daughter of V.T. Hamlin, who launched Alley Oop in 1933 and turned the strip over to Graue when he retired...
Some suppliers have balked, and in a few cases Diebold has decided not to hold an auction just to preserve those relationships. But it has also found new suppliers. Diebold has realized at least a 15% savings on commodities bought through FreeMarkets, more than enough to justify the flat fee that Diebold pays for the service...
...motorcycles have largely replaced the hardy Mongolian ponies of the khans' cavalry, and camels carry as many tourists as traders over the dunes of A-la Shan. But the storied deserts of the region?the Gobi, the Tengger and the Badain Jaran?still offer a staggering variety of landscapes. Flat stretches of sand and rock alternate with Sahara-like dunes, dramatic canyons and plateaus covered with hardy shrubs. The extreme austerity makes you marvel that the Mongol hordes managed to survive, much less conquer all of Asia...
...more black holes and neutron stars than experts believe. If so, we could know within a decade whether his theory is supported by astronomical observations--and whether the ideas of time we've clung to for most of human history will go the way of the ether and the flat earth...
...bearded soldiers making their way up a pass in the White Mountains of Tora Bora were decked out in flat-topped Afghan caps and flowing shalwar kameezes. From a distance only one detail gave them away as Americans. Afghan alliance fighters - dedicated but largely untrained - walk upright, making themselves easy targets for enemy fire. The Americans were shimmying up the hill on their bellies...