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...test favors a positive outcome in other ways. Much of the gear now being tested won't end up in the operational system. The rocket that will ultimately be deployed to lift the interceptor into space--still in development--will shake 10 times as violently as the more gentle boosters scheduled for the first seven tests. While the Pentagon says the shield will defend against "tens" of incoming warheads, all 19 of the Pentagon's tests are against a lone incoming warhead. Jacques Gansler, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer, told Congress last week that the testing program will grow...
...short-hand meaning "editorially speaking" 27. Place to get roasted 29. Georgia, once: abbr. 30. Get the lead out of your shoes 31. Its President wants France to write off some debts 33. Word on Spanish air mail 35. Tolkien tree creature 36. Thurmond has petitioned him to lift the ban on Shoeless Joe 38. First name used to be Hafez; now it's Bashar 40. Rubbernecker 41. Legislation that would eliminate the need for paper contracts 42. Deer sirs 44. Antidiscrimination agcy. Thomas once chaired 45. Allied victory site of 7/18/44 47. Its price has skyrocketed in Chicago...
...aesthetic of distortion. But platform shoes have risen so high you could use them to drill for oil in the Gulf. They look spectacular, even crazy, and elevate foot fashion to the status of a major social hazard. A young woman in a car who tries to lift the great block on her right foot from accelerator to brake has become as dangerous as a gang member with a Glock...
...Jennifer: Even more important, where was the slamming soundtrack? All those classic blaxploitation movies like "Shaft" and "Superfly" contained songs that can still lift a party today. But this "Shaft" soundtrack was totally forgettable...
...gain from rebuilding North Korea's decrepit economy - and its people nurture a deep, emotive desire to reunite the divided peninsula - the U.S. has more immediate concerns, such as stopping the North Korean missile and nuclear programs. Although Washington has committed itself, at South Korea's prodding, to lift many sanctions against North Korea, the U.S. perspective on the new d?tente will be shaped later this month when it resumes direct talks with North Korea over missiles. Long-term peace on the peninsula would certainly allow the U.S. to remove 37,000 troops from harm's way along the world...