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...inflicting widespread damage. Unlike germs, chemical agents can't reproduce, observes Tucker. "You have to generate a lethal concentration in the air, which means you need very large quantities." To kill a sizable number of people with sarin, for example, which can be absorbed through the skin as a liquid or inhaled as a vapor, you would need something like a crop-dusting plane--which is why investigators last week were so alarmed to find a manual for operating crop-dusting equipment while searching suspected terrorist hideouts. Still, to attack a city with sarin, you would probably have...
Finally, in the Microsoft Conspiracy Department, a number of programs did not work--from Microsoft's competitors. My AOL connection refused to recognize my cable modem and tried to connect via the phone, something Microsoft says AOL will "fix" in its forthcoming 7.0 release. Liquid Audio, a popular music player, had the dubious distinction of causing my machine to gag. And Java programs now require you to find, download and install a special piece of software. Oh, well. Life's not perfect under a monopoly. Better get used...
...include survivor benefits, for example, and some annuities pay income pegged to inflation-indexed Treasury securities. In any case, experts advise retirees to put no more than one-third of their retirement money into annuities. The rest can be divided among growth vehicles, such as stocks and bonds, and liquid assets like money-market funds that can be drawn upon in emergencies...
...holding a laptop at arm's length and letting go, watching as the Intel Pentium-powered bugger hit the ground with a solid thwack! But I actually got more pleasure just from splashing my Diet Coke onto the keyboard. There was something oddly riveting about seeing the caramel-colored liquid whoosh over the letters of the alphabet and settle in between the keys...
...turns out such supplements are as prolific as an insomniac's sheep, with names like Liquid Clenbutrx, MD6, Metabolic Complete, Hydroxycut, Xenadrine RFA-1 and Stacker 3, to mention just a few. Some are available as liquids; others come in large, multicolored pills. But generally they promise the same thing: by speeding up your metabolism, they can reduce your fat, a claim I could not substantiate even after hours online and calls to several manufacturers...