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...determined. The U.S. goal, he said, "is not the conquest of Iraq; it is the liberation of Kuwait." But in the process, he indicated, the anti-Iraq coalition would destroy the offensive military machine that made Iraq a menace to its neighbors. Said Bush: "We are determined to knock out Saddam Hussein's nuclear-bomb potential. We will also destroy his chemical-weapons facilities...
...very deliberate manner, Taylor skated his first line of Jim Blaeser, Mark Kaufmann and Stephen Maltby against the Crimson first line all night--or al least until Tomassoni broke his first line up in the middle of the third period. Although kaufmann does not knock anyone over at 5'9" and 165 pounds, his linemates both tip the scales at 190-plus, and their forechecking was effective...
Against the Crimson, Miner was practically invisible. Of course, he did knock down a couple of buckets to kick off USC's 17-2 run that turned a close 26-22 game midway through the first half into a blowout six minutes later. He did answer Harvard's best second-half rally by swishing two straight off-balance three-pointers. And he did throw down that awe-inspiring take-off-from-the-foul-line-and-fly reverse dunk that left the arena in an uproar. But those were lucky. The stiff would have been shut out if Harvard hadn...
...could such minuscule forces pose a health danger? The consensus used to be that they could not, and for decades scientists concentrated on more powerful kinds of radiation, like X rays, that pack sufficient wallop to knock electrons out of the molecules that make up the human body. Such "ionizing" radiations have been clearly linked to increased cancer risks, and there are regulations to control emissions...
...discourage Iraqi visitors, we got the idea of immobilizing the building's elevators. Imad agreed to knock out six of the seven lifts. He removed some parts, and the elevators stopped running. It was wonderful. Upstairs we took doorknobs off fire doors so looters couldn't move around so easily. We carried the knobs around in our pockets...