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...explained how to place blankets and luggage around an onboard bomb so that if it goes off, the damage is limited. Another instructor underscored the sophistication of the enemy. "Look," he said, "al-Qaeda is a serious military organization that is very methodical. They are not going to launch an operation to fail...
...that he told a reporter in April 2001 that writing after Corelli was like "being stood stark naked in Trafalgar Square and being told to get an erection." Britain's Daily Telegraph went so far as to call the release of his new novel "the adult equivalent of the launch of a Harry Potter book." That's a lot of pressure, and unfortunately de Bernières doesn't live up to it. The book's setting is promising enough. De Bernières' first four novels were all set in picturesque but war-torn corners of the world - Latin...
...Times Square into a giant flat-screen TV, and it helped renovate a Los Angeles concert hall. LG is also buffing up its U.S. product line. Last July, LG began introducing its first LG-branded flat LCD and plasma TVs in the U.S., and next year it will launch its first high-definition TVs with built-in hard-disc drives that can record movies. An LG refrigerator with an LCD TV set in the door is already on the market...
...number of airline passengers starts to soar with the temperature, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is finally taking a significant step toward speeding the security process for at least some flyers. Aviation sources tell TIME that this week the TSA will announce the launch of a three-month trial of its Registered Traveler program, which will start at five airports, beginning in Minneapolis--St. Paul and then in other cities, including Los Angeles and Houston. A sort of fast track for frequent flyers, the program aims to let approved passengers use less crowded lanes to the security checkpoints and possibly...
...University basketball fan, knows his competition; he has also worked for Eli Lilly, Guidant and Johnson & Johnson. The challenge for the biomedical engineer and former head of Medtronic's vascular business will be to keep the company hitting nothing but net. Next up on Hawkins' game plan: overseeing the launch of its first drug-coated cardiac stent in Europe later this year...