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...much of Capitol Hill against him--and even make some in the White House question his toughness. It's usually a Democrat who puts the Pentagon on a wartime footing, but Rumsfeld, 69, is an armor-plated Republican and a military man to boot (he served as a Navy pilot). He has stirred up these problems by launching a much needed but oddly secretive review of the U.S. military that until last week threatened to sink ships, ground planes and retire soldiers in order to reduce U.S. forces overseas and free up money for more research in areas such...
...Sidransky zeroed in on DNA shed directly from tumors. Many solid tumors, it turns out, result from mutations in stretches of DNA that are repeated several times. Finding these abnormal DNA snippets in urine or saliva could mean a cancer is just beginning to take root. In a small pilot study of bladder-cancer patients, one screen that Sidransky developed picked up more than 90% of tumors--a hit rate that could revolutionize the early detection and treatment of bladder cancer...
...over the bow wave and skidding on the bubbling sea, thrown up by the tanker's immense screws, two men from the first team stood and lifted their poles as though for a joust. As soon as they could hook the side of the ship, they began climbing, the pilot accelerating in short bursts to keep the boat steady. In seven seconds, the first man was over the side and crouching by the rail, keeping watch. Five men followed and headed straight to the bridge where they took the captain and pilot hostage and cut the ship's communications before...
...universe where nothing from the speed of light on down is stable, not even a Palm Pilot can be relied upon with the kind of blind faith most users invest...
...doubt my lottery number might come up, or that I might have touched enough laundered linens and walked on enough carpets to blow up my Palm and PC. In a universe where nothing from the speed of light on down is stable, not even a Palm Pilot can be relied upon with the kind of blind faith most users invest in it. Personally, I'll be handling my HotSyncs with kid gloves from...