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...bureau outside the Green Zone, essentially under house arrest since kidnapping threats make venturing out too dangerous even with a squad of bodyguards. Other days I spend on embed with the U.S. military, where soldierly doldrums are punctuated by episodes of high adventure. One moment you're eating a plate of tasteless food in a chow hall. Hours later you're right behind U.S. troops as they kick in a door where insurgents might he hiding...
...Inside the toolbox were the license plate to his truck, a black motorcycle helmet and some other items that may be linked to the case, Amormino told the newspaper, “but at this point in the investigation, we can’t disclose what they...
...would seem to give Bonds a critical advantage over historical competitors. But don't forget that both Ruth and Aaron got help of a different sort. Yankee Stadium, the House That Ruth Built, was really the House Built for Ruth. The right-field fence, just 295 ft. from home plate in 1923, was a dream for a left-handed hitter. Perhaps more important, Ruth never faced a black pitcher. How would he have fared against Satchel Paige, "Smokey" Joe Williams and other Negro League greats...
...gadgetry alone is inadequate. In June 2006, Glasgow Airport installed a high-tech license-plate-recognition system that would be the envy of many U.S. airports. The system activates a barrier at the entrance to the inside lane around the airport. Only taxis and buses with registered numbers are allowed through. When the men in the green Jeep pulled up, however, they simply tailgated behind a registered car and sped past before the barrier closed...
...Instead of sitting on my bum in the house, busy being happy and fat this summer, I ought to be off saving the world—or at least cleaning my plate on behalf of all those starving children in Africa. But I can’t even manage that: Every time I open the refrigerator, out tumbles another Tupperware tub full of leftovers. How can I justify that kind of overabundance, that heavy plunk of plastic hitting the kitchen floor? Am I allowed a carefree and extravagant and totally unconstructive summer for myself—what a sympathetic...