Word: mapped
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...years I served in Afghanistan as a lieutenant in the 103rd Airborne Division, commanded by General Pavel Grachev, who is now our Defense Minister. But the harrowing situation on the streets of Grozny was like nothing I had ever experienced in Afghanistan. The commander of my vehicle had no map of the city and no idea where he was going. He was not even able to make radio contact with the other two APCs and admitted that he had simply been thrown together with soldiers and vehicles from different units and told to advance into the city...
Right now ALVINN is barely a student driver. Small but unexpected events cause him to swerve and shake in gigabyte panic. His performance may improve this month when ``smart car'' map scanning is integrated into the programming. ``There should be a substantial difference,'' promises Pomerleau. The researchers say they are only a couple of years from achieving a preliminary goal, perfecting ALVINN as an anticollision device to jog sleepy drivers before they run off the road. When a car drifts dangerously close to the border of its lane, a road-watching camera would do something like ring an alarm bell...
...fully attentive, he checks his location, pinpointed by a glowing dot moving along a map displayed on a dashboard screen, then exits the freeway and reads instructions on an adjoining screen. Finally, as he nears his destination, he is guided further by a computer voice that intones, "Turn left on Cherry Street...
...army must remain in many of those areas in order to ensure the safety of the settlers nearby. Arafat will be hard pressed to sell such a dilution of the peace accord to his constituents. Says Palestinian Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo: ``This is an attempt to draw a map of Palestinian cantons and ghettos...
...committing genocide in Chechnya. What's next? Estonia? Ukraine? When will the leaders of the free world realize the dangers of playing with the bear? Jonas Kjellberg Alingsas, Sweden While the situation in Chechnya is devastating and deplorable, it should come as no surprise. A look at any relief map will show that Chechnya holds the gateway through the Caucasus Mountains into the Russian heartland. Once past Grozny, it's a flat, fast tank ride to Moscow. The Russian military planners will never give up both the southern gateways of Georgia and Azerbaijan and the northern gateways of Chechnya, which...