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SNIPER TEAMS: Lie in wait for targets to emerge; "long-gun" sharpshooters can hit a man from as far away as one-third of a mile...
...pilotless secret weapon, the V-3, said to be capable of crossing the Atlantic in 40 minutes and hitting New York City. A worried Franklin Roosevelt told his cousin Daisy Suckley, in whom he sometimes confided, that his spy informed him the V-3 could kill everyone within a mile of impact. The Nazis were also experimenting with rockets launched from submarines, the idea being to send wolf packs to surface off New York City and reduce it to rubble. That apocalypse remained on the drawing board, and the Allies pulverized Dresden, Hamburg, Berlin and other German cities...
...stands at the end of a newly created dead-end road, half a mile from campus. All that identifies it to passers-by is a small blue historical marker set there by the city of Cambridge—and that’s the way Harvard’s presidents have wanted it. For just as the house stands as a symbol of the job, it also is a private place for reflection and a chance to escape the daily stresses of Massachusetts Hall...
...time when more traditionally pretigious films are supposed to be released, there doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming number of award worthy films. One film, however, seems to aspire to return to nostalgic movie magic. As his follow-up to The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, director Frank Darabont returns to a more classic era in The Majestic, his salute to Frank Capra and the movie palaces of old. I’ll be sure to see it away from home...
...Before September 11th, the 5,525-mile stretch that separates the northern United States from Canada wasn't considered much of a border - it was seen more as a formality designed to enhance the "international" experience of U.S. tourists. After the attacks, however, the border took on new meaning, and new political weight...