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...save the day. The system would be perfect for destroying an enemy missile carrying a nuclear warhead on its launch pad (apparently, the NRC has some doubts about the effectiveness of the nation's "Star Wars" missile shield and the utility of hundreds of warplanes). It would also be ideal for taking out an unexplained super-weapon (perhaps an electro-magnetic pulse nuclear bomb) that could lead to the "loss of numerous satellites crucial to U.S. command and control...
...ideal world, Moran adds, the state should implement a few safeguards. "Hopefully, a way to monitor progress rather than an adversarial reality will be an outgrowth of this decision," she says. For now, the parents of homeschoolers are happy to say that they are breathing a sigh of relief and don't anticipate any more regulations. "[This ruling] gives us a lot more confidence and a lot more sense of freedom," says Pam Sorooshian, an uncredentialed teacher of her three daughters in Las Alamitas, Calif. "We can get back to educating our children and not be distracted...
...million birthing center set to open in Manhattan in 2010. "It's amazing, the technology we have. But we are losing the value of normal, natural birth." Nationwide, the number of birthing centers is growing by about 5% a year. But what might seem like an ideal solution has run into roadblocks, as a few prominent centers have closed in recent years because of high malpractice-insurance costs--which means many natural-birth seekers will still have to choose between hospital and home...
...Japanese clothing maker Muji. Overhead, a 44-foot yoke of LED screens, designed by David Rockwell to echo the undulating roof line of the nearby Saarinen building, hangs from the ceiling, displaying airline promotions and, someday, digital art. Areas of stadium seating have been stationed around the atrium - ideal for sitting back and watching passersbys...
...have been partially responsible in altering the position of justice officials towards Petrella's case. In June, Sarkozy's Italian-born wife Carla Bruni told the daily Libération that Petrella "is ill, and should be cared for the way any human should. And prison isn't the ideal place for that". The following month, Bruni's older sister, actress Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, visited Petrella in prison and expressed deep concern for "someone who is seriously ill". Tedeschi - who in 1995 played the harrowing role of a jailed Red Brigades terrorist - likened the embrace of extremist ideology...