Word: racks
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...overcoat and orders everyone, including the reporter, to move out. The men pile into three cars and tear off in different directions. For more than an hour, they cruise near the launch site until all looks clear. Then a small team walks into a flat field to aim a rack of homemade launching tubes toward the lights of the Baghdad airport, home to U.S. chopper squadrons, supply units and the CIA-led Iraq Survey Group, less than two miles away. The insurgents load three air-to-air rockets they have modified to launch from the ground, flash a signal with...
...Girl, which was acquired by Mattel five years ago, has so far sold more than 8 million dolls. And that's without deigning to peddle these 18-in. beauties at other stores and without running a single ad. Through its catalog, website and Chicago store, American Girl managed to rack up $350 million in sales last year alone...
...beginning of the year, the edge here would have gone to Harvard. Junior Brian Edwards appeared to be the next coming of Carl Morris ’03—an unstoppable threat who could run away from the defense. Though he still possesses the skills to rack up 150-plus yards in a game, Schires was never able to utilize Edwards like Fitzpatrick did at the beginning of the year. There is hope, however, as Edwards again gained over 100 yards last week against Penn on eight catches. He has a team-leading 777 receiving yards on the year...
...after the Clinton boom years and probably won't return, benefits consultants say. Under the new regime, you may not be allowed to dial directory assistance at work, as some employees at Credit Suisse First Boston have discovered. Fewer companies are letting workers keep the frequent-flyer miles they rack up on business travel. DaimlerChrysler, which routinely paid $100 bonuses to corporate-sales folks who sold a car to a retail customer, has eliminated the extra cash reward; the firm has lost $1.1 billion so far this year and is under pressure from shareholders to get back in the black...
...technology will no doubt come up with safer, firmer, more “natural feeling” implants in the future. But the greater societal problem lies at bay. Some argue that their implants make them feel better about themselves and claim taking a medical risk for a larger rack is a perfectly reasonable tradeoff. Unfortunately, they are sorely mistaken. After undergoing hours of painful surgery and dishing out thousands of dollars, these women who seek solace in silicone are bound to discover that their newfound self-confidence is just as fake as their chests...