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Saturday's celebration began with a reenactment of the city's founding in 1630 and ended with a 12-inch shell exploding over the Charles to cap a half-hour of fireworks set to music...
Skid control comes first, performed by going through a slalom course on an inch of loose gravel. The trick is to accelerate and brake and countersteer the car as the rear end skids violently. You must use the skid. It's like driving on ice. The best way to stop a car is to brake steadily and very hard, not pump the brakes as many people believe. Next comes emergency braking and swerving to avoid objects at high speeds. Each student is ordered to drive absolutely flat out toward a sharp curve until the last possible second. Just when...
...prolong the conflict, it will almost certainly be to inflict such punishment on the Iranian economy and military machine that they will not be a major factor in the gulf for some time to come. Iraqi Defense Minister Khairallah reiterated last week that his country coveted "not one inch of Iranian territory" beyond that "usurped" by Iran...
While some of the thousands of celebrants wolfed golden cake with chocolate icing, Don Leslie swallowed swords. After gulping a 19-inch sword to the gags of those who looked on, Leslie said, "The human body is built to take it. We're all potential sword swallowers...
...recognizing the weapons' potential. In theory at least, lasers could destroy enemy missiles with beams that travel at or near the speed of light: in the time it takes an aircraft flying at twice the speed of sound to move slightly more than an eighth of an inch, a laser travels a mile...