Word: miles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...germ-weapons program. The inspectors are particularly interested in locating 25 warheads filled with poisons that have been shuttled around the country since the Gulf War. They are big--about 10 ft. long and 3 ft. wide--and could be fired atop Al-Hussein missiles with a 400-mile range...
...first skirmish occurred three weeks ago, when two men traded gunfire with police during a 20-mile car chase. Captured suspect Jerald Dean Allen flashed hate tattoos and announced, "I'm fighting for my cause." A week later, Matthaeus Jaehnig, 25, ended a similar chase by killing officer Bruce VanderJagt and then himself. Jaehnig was a longtime member of a group called the Denver Skins. Dozens of apparent skinheads attended his funeral, and a few days later, someone deposited a dead pig inscribed with the name VANDERJAGT near the slain policeman's station house...
Somewhere in the Delta Airlines computer system sits an account containing some 500 mile points from a round-trip Delta Shuttle ticket to New York City. Other than that one trip, I've never flown Delta and don't plan to--but if I did, I've got my frequent-flyer card in my wallet. When friends tell me they don't belong to any frequent-flyer programs, I'm amazed. Why pay for tickets when you don't have...
...Despite tough talk in public, both sides appeared to be touting compromise solutions and avoiding provocative acts, indicating a greater willingness to go that extra mile for peace...
...diplomatic efforts, says Fischer, is that key Gulf War allies like France and Russia still remain opposed to military action. ?The U.S. will demonstrate to the world that it has exhausted every diplomatic possibility before using force.? Then again, there can't be many steps left on that extra mile for peace...