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...being a typical Seattle day, the sunlight falling on the table was intermittent, and the swatches kept changing in intensity. Color is a moving target under the best of circumstances, so how, I wondered, could these color mavens function in such variable conditions? How could they ever hope to pinpoint the hues my wife or I would choose (by dint of inexorable social forces) when it came time to rethink our apartment for the 21st century? I had to keep reminding myself: These people are trained professionals...
...weapons factories and depots during the 39-day air war that began Jan. 16, 1991. During that assault, the U.S.-led alliance destroyed 75% of Iraq's chemical-weapons production capability, along with 21 chemical-weapons storage sites. But the Pentagon has said the timing and methods of its pinpoint attacks minimized the spread of the poison bombed by the allies. And it says there were no reports of massive Iraqi casualties near the chemical-weapons targets...
...sitting next to me, wearing dark shades and a plain black tie, typed in a series of commands to pinpoint the article's location. I may not reveal these secrets due to a Secret Service oath that he made me take. I may only mention that the article was in Time magazine, May 4, 1992, v139, n18, p24(2), B-52. Many men died to bring us this information...
When I get back to my room, adjusting to the fact that Clinton has been reelected is surprisingly nauseating. It's hard to pinpoint the source of my disgust; it's not his character or even his center-right approach that bugs me. The next day, I hunt down a transcript from one of the debates, and soon it's obvious. It's remarkable how quickly you forget Clinton's charisma when you see his words in writing...
...that it is under way, the liquidation will not take long. Last Thursday workers at fertility clinics across Britain started taking vials out of liquid-nitrogen storage vats and allowing them to thaw. In some cases, the tiny specks inside--each the size of a pinpoint and consisting of one to four cells--were dosed for good measure with rubbing alcohol or salt water. By sometime next week, it will all be over. About 3,300 fertilized human eggs and potentially viable embryos will have been destroyed...