Word: fueled
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...merger this size usually comes wrapped in explanations about cash flow and synergy and the global marketplace. But for all the theories, even deals this logical depend for their fuel on the dreams and grudges and high octane of a very few, very powerful men who are too rich to be doing it for the money and too vain to admit to motives more complex than the desire to serve their shareholders. And so last week, following the second biggest takeover of all time, there was a story to tell about the ever more ferocious fight among media giants trying...
Japan's latest success adds fuel to yet another debate about deep-sea exploration. Some scientists insist that remote-controlled, robotic craft are no substitute for having humans on the scene. Says MBARI's Robison: "Whether you're a geologist or a biologist, being able to see with your own eyes is vital. That's a squiffy-sounding rationalization, but it's true." There are other advantages too, he notes. "The human eyes are connected to the best portable computer there is [the brain]. And when things go wrong, a person can often fix them faster, more easily and more...
...rate of 2,000 to 3,000 missiles per year; a move on our part to continue missile testing could sacrifice the future of this program and place at risk the hard-won U.S.-Russian candor now prevalent in nuclear politics, More importantly, it could give new fuel to the extremist view in Russia that NATO's hegemony of Eastern Europe will bring western military installations--stockpiled with freshly tested warheads--unprecedentedly and threateningly close to Moscow...
...massing for a full-scale attack on Gorazde, the last safe area in eastern Bosnia, NATO planes would pre-emptively attack the Serb air defenses, troop formations, armor and artillery in the area. If the Serbs still pushed on, allied fighter-bombers would range farther, taking out ammunition and fuel dumps and Serb supply lines. "Such operations," NATO Secretary-General Willy Claes warned, "once launched, will not be lightly discontinued...
There must be no more U.N. veto of NATO military actions. The Serb military-industrial infrastructure in both Serbia and Serb-held Bosnia must be destroyed, which will prevent Serbia from furnishing weapons and fuel to proxies in Bosnia. The arming of Bosnia must occur, with logistical support from Western powers. To continue with empty talk just buys Serbia time to implement its fascist agenda. GORDON HAWLEY Ottawa...