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...Maginot Line?), some will be all hype, but some will improve our sense of safety. Because terrorists can pick targets anywhere, counterterrorism has to defend everywhere--from airports to office buildings to cargo ships to hospitals. Sept. 11 shed an urgent light on our vulnerabilities and galvanized us to protect ourselves with something better than duct tape. So get ready for the next wave of high-tech defense: radiation detectors, Internet safeguards, handheld anthrax "sniffers." There's no panacea, but in a world of ancient hatreds, modern shields still have their uses. Here's what's next in three...
...think seriously about opting for side air bags. They're not as sexy as GPS screens, but a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that they save lives and may ultimately be as vital as seat belts--especially when they offer head protection. Every year, 9,000 people in the U.S. die in side-impact car crashes. That's 30% of all auto-occupant deaths. The institute's report is the first to assess the real-world efficacy of side air bags. Using government data on driver's-side collisions, it found that drivers whose vehicles...
...It’s important that I protect her investment,” Epps told The Crimson at the time...
China’s efforts at limited reforms in 1978 did nothing to protect dissidents like myself from political imprisonment. Everyone in China continues to live under the shadow of totalitarianism. China’s Communist regime continues to violate human rights and persecute dissidents, and most dare not voice their desire for freedom, while fewer still organize for democracy...
...nets. "In the Baltic," says Commander K.M. Jorgensen of the Danish navy in Bornholm, "the shells were dumped over the rails of Russian ships. In the Skagerrak, they were sunk inside ships that are now lying in 500 to 700 m of water." The Helsinki Commission, which works to protect the Baltic marine environment, has said the toxins should be left on the seabed. That is the general consensus. "It has been there for so long that it poses the least hazard where it is," says biologist Henning Karup of Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency. Only a few fishermen have...