Word: perfective
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...cell phone that can double as a mallet, pick up the $500 Sonim XP1. Coated in a layer of hardened rubber, this shockproof phone will keep on ringing even after a 5.4-ft. (1.65 m) drop onto concrete. That tough casing also keeps out dust, sand and water - perfect for when your speedboat runs aground on a desert island. www.sonimtech.com...
...next phase of the trip - to Israel and the Palestinian territories - may well be the most perilous politically for Obama, as he seeks to strike the perfect note in that diplomatically delicate part of the world. While there, Obama will meet with both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad as well as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu. His every word will be parsed and closely scrutinized, not only in the region but also at home in the U.S., especially by American Jews, some of whom have expressed reservations...
...calmly and often impersonally; moral nuances are left to the civilians. Marine Private First Class Ernest Gonzalez speaks of the icy hell of Chosin: ''Word was passed to kill all enemy wounded. I found one Chinese curled up, lying facedown. He had a head wound shaped like a perfect pie-cut that exposed his brain. I fired into his midriff. He turned slowly and looked at me as if saying, 'Why must you make me suffer more?' Although it remained a common practice on both sides, I never again killed another wounded Chinese soldier.'' An even greater enemy than...
...expensive set of exotic gadgetry to protect missile silos or merely a Buck Rogers fantasy? Could it be the ultimate bargaining chip to exchange for deep reductions in threatening missiles or the catalyst for an arms race beyond the fears of reason? Long before the scientists begin to perfect SDI's technologies, policymakers must grapple with these questions. The answers are essential to the future of arms control, a stable nuclear balance and a secure foundation for Soviet-American relations...
...Cannes, for example, has invested nearly $50,000 in floaters and netting to create jellyfish-free zones the size of Olympic swimming pools at two of its most popular beaches. Similar systems have been deployed in Monaco and along certain sections of Marseille's coast. Though nets boast near perfect records in protecting bathers from stings, they do nothing to counter the larger jellyfish onslaught. Last year, Cannes shoveled over 11 million tons of the gooey creatures off its beaches - just a tiny fraction of a population that floats away to sting another...