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...least 15 Washington stations also have chemical sensors. That leaves some 30 stations unprotected, and the sensors are still not perfect. But they are a good--and expensive--part of a larger surveillance strategy. If a sensor goes off, Metro officials check out the platform using closed-circuit video. They scan for odd packages or riders showing signs of illness. The idea is to identify a problem--fast--so evacuation can begin. That's because while a train bombing is bad, a biological, chemical or radiation attack on a train is an epidemic snaking through a city...
...Gardening In The Dark By Laura Kasischke This book contains, among many other wonderful things, the greatest poem ever written about spring break, which begins, "I'm sixteen in the Bahamas. A drunk girl/ on a balcony in a sundress/ with a pina colada." Kasischke's verses walk that perfect Plathian line between the everyday - making macaroni and cheese, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with...
...acidic British political commentator is a perfect biographer for the disputatious Founding Father. Eternally at war with whoever seemed inclined to pull the Republic into Britain's orbit, Jefferson could be scheming and hypocritical. Hitchens is not blind to the man's shortcomings, especially his readiness to tolerate slavery for the sake of domestic political advantage. But he credits Jefferson as a chief engineer of "the only revolution that still retains any power to inspire...
...certainly wasn’t the easiest race in the world,” junior two-seat Wes Kauble said. “And we knew we would have to have the perfect race to beat them...
Tiles, some painted a garish pink, loosely hang on the outside of the building. The floors are worn, the building’s structural integrity generally sound but not perfect...