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...Harvard's faults, numerous though they may be. It merely leads critics to believe that they, by power of intellect or strength of moral conviction, are superior to those they castigate. In their open attack on the University's backward-thinking leadership, the authors of How Harvard Rules fall prey to the very belief they should seek to dispel: the myth that Harvard ought to represent the best...
...missiles are heat seekers. Air Force One must also be protected against radar-directed air-to-air missiles, like the French-built R-530s that Colombian air force jets are known to carry. These rockets spot their prey with radar beams and follow the echoes toward the target. One way to divert a missile flying along a radar beam is to fire off a burst of metallic chaff particles. They cause the missile's radar guidance system to go haywire amid a blizzard of electronic gibberish...
Even so, Edelman, 50, has plenty of reasons to hunch. Since 1986 he has launched hostile raids on ten large corporations and nine of the bids have failed, though Edelman has collected some greenmail for quitting the attacks. He managed to capture one of his prey, the Ponderosa restaurant chain, but resold it without a profit...
...rich have special problems procuring crack. They often have to make their buys in unfamiliar (and unsavory) neighborhoods, where they are prey to all kinds of rip-offs. Street crack is contaminated with an astonishing variety of chemicals, from amphetamines and meat tenderizers to pesticides. To make sure they are not being poisoned, some users are going back to a process popular years ago. They buy cocaine and convert it into a purer form of crack at home. This dangerous process, called free-basing, involves combining cocaine with baking soda and cooking the mixture. The latest trend among well...
...much as four-fifths of that ivory has been of illegal origin -- poached, then smuggled. Sometimes the poachers cross borders to hunt, as from Somalia into Kenya or Zambia into Zimbabwe, then carry the tusks back by night. Some poachers are tribal villagers, illiterate and poor, who stalk their prey on foot, walking for weeks, living off game. A poacher in Kenya says he believes tribal charms make him invisible to antipoaching units. He buries his tusks in the village latrine or hides them in a nearby cave. He sells them for a pittance (as little...