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Granted, but Israel is gambling nonetheless. Although Arens has boasted that "we are in a position to knock out of the air any Iraqi plane that may be coming our way," his country's air defenses are largely helpless against Iraqi missiles. And even though some Israeli officials believe Saddam may indeed have managed to equip those missiles with primitive chemical warheads -- contrary to Arens' assertion a few weeks ago -- the government still refuses to issue gas masks to the civilian population...
Every time I consider rebelling against the oppression of Tegrin and Head & Shoulders, I think back to those commercials where "baseball star Jim Palmer" gets hysterical over "embarassing flakes and itching." I mean, if dandruff can knock this guy out of the running, where do I stand...
Once upon a time, the nation's leaders tried to exorcise the deficit devil with a frightful fairy tale: if they couldn't find the wisdom and courage to reduce spending and raise revenue themselves, a crude wrecking ball would knock many billions from government programs. The threat of an indiscriminate "sequester" of funds, the story went, would be so politically devastating as to scare the government into facing its fiscal responsibilities. That fantasy, in the form of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act five years ago, projected a balanced budget by fiscal 1991, which begins Oct. 1. But the brutal...
...Friars saw opportunity knock loud and clear in the first five minutes of the game. With a gaping defensive hole, senior Crimson goalie Beth Reilly could only admire as the point-blank Friars shot from 16 yards out settled into the upper-right corner...
...1930s to active inventory. Memorialized in gangster movies and in TV's The Untouchables, the Thompson submachine gun, it turns out, can still outmatch some of its modern successors: one of its .45-cal. slugs, spewed out at a rate of up to 800 rounds a minute, will knock down even the biggest bad guy. By contrast, the Israeli-made Uzi, the current weapon of choice among many criminals and some lawmen, uses smaller bullets; one hit is often not enough...