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...agent for that kind of humiliating defeat would have been greeted with derision in Belgrade. No one's laughing now. In just over a year, the K.L.A. has transformed itself from a disorganized network of bandits into a presentable, if limited, guerrilla army. That army is a fraction of the size of the Yugoslav army, but it has all the classic guerrilla advantages: the loyalty of the population, an intimate knowledge of the terrain and a brutality that won its members the label of "terrorists" a year ago. Already they have killed hundreds of Serb security forces in ambushes...
...quart of gas to find a quart of milk. Even more important, localities routinely agree to extend roads, sewer lines and other utilities to new suburban developments built far from downtown, while existing schools and housing stock are left to decay. "Impact fees" on developers cover just a fraction of what services for newcomers actually cost...
...miniature sizes, draw heavily from the limited power supplies on a space probe, and their weight translates into higher launch costs. Bar-Cohen says the components required to construct each strip of artificial muscle cost a total of $200, need just four volts of power and weigh only a fraction of an ounce. Says Rob Manning, chief engineer for nasa's Mars Lander missions: "With all of our basketball-sized spacecraft, we're going to need this kind of technology...
...been going to, every week, since we first arrived here: Lamont Library. Why create a whole new building when one already exists? It's pretty hard to avoid Lamont. All the books you need for classes, papers and even pleasure are there. On any given night, some large fraction of the student body is trapped within that somber edifice, sweating it out in solitude. The clientele is already there; all we need to provide is ambiance...
...Scribner's Magazine recognized the overwhelming elitism felt among the fraction of Gilded Youth...