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...Bush a few months on the campaign trail to slough off his boyish modesty and start pledging. By last week the Texas Governor was in fine form, but by now Mr. Gore is unstoppable, pledging faster than ever and nearly halfway to 100. Put your tongue in high gear, George, and you've still got a shot...
...what's the draw of a sport whose heroes are thousands of years old? Modern fencing isn't even as glamorous looking as it was in the movies Zorro and The Three Musketeers, although the high-tech electronic-scoring devices have a certain Nintendo-era appeal. Plus the modern gear makes it a lot safer, and that may be the key for parents. Weapons are covered at the tip, and fencers wear meshed masks and, often, plastic chest plates. The kids seem to enjoy the intricate rules of each of the three games: foil, epee and saber. They have...
...test favors a positive outcome in other ways. Much of the gear now being tested won't end up in the operational system. The rocket that will ultimately be deployed to lift the interceptor into space--still in development--will shake 10 times as violently as the more gentle boosters scheduled for the first seven tests. While the Pentagon says the shield will defend against "tens" of incoming warheads, all 19 of the Pentagon's tests are against a lone incoming warhead. Jacques Gansler, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, told Congress last week that the testing program will grow...
...back of a rickety pickup truck for a 45-minute drive to the top of a 6,500-foot mountain on a dirt road exactly the width of the truck's wheel-base. As the non-English speaking driver shifted into lower and lower gear in an attempt to climb the mountain and I looked over the side of the truck and out over the cliff, I felt like I was going to throw up. At this point, Sugar, one of the pilots, asked me if I was scared. Managing my most sincere smile, I assured him that I wasn...
...GRADUATE and 11) RUSHMORE Swimming pools symbolize the gaping hole of family life. In The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman's Ben tries out his snorkel-gear present; underwater, he can see his parents talking but can't hear a word they say. Rushmore transfers the loneliness to the father (Bill Murray). Polishing off his whiskey on the diving board, he jumps into the pool feet first, his wife and children staring at him with confused contempt...