Word: raye
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...that checked luggage, airport devices that inspect it now use X rays and C.T. scans to signal the possible presence of explosives. If they turn up something suspicious, a human handler has to open the suitcase and poke around inside--a time-consuming effort that can delay flights. But within the next year, InVision, a Newark, Calif., manufacturer of baggage-screening devices, plans to begin selling machines that marry existing baggage scanners with devices that use "X-ray diffraction" technology. When a bag is found to contain something suspicious, the specialized scanners can zoom in on the indicated area...
...even if every nation in the world sent its best troops to Iraq, the task would still be enormous. As Army Major General Ray Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry Division in north and central Iraq, predicted in July, the conflict in Iraq is becoming a classic case of what military thinkers call "asymmetric warfare," the kind that weak parties wage against strong ones. "They're going after softer targets and what we consider to be more of a terrorist-type activity," said Odierno. "The next step, to my mind, would be something like car bombs and suicide bombers...
...sack brother Robert, isn't happy about his reported $160,000-an-episode salary, and he hasn't shown up for work since the show started filming its upcoming season last week. The producers had to write him out of the first episode. The show's star, Ray Romano, left, who makes $1.8 million per half-hour of TV time, has said, "I want everybody to get what they deserve, and they will. CBS has always been good, and, sure, it's all going to work out." Hang in there, Brad! After all, it worked out for Suzanne Somers...
...Bush's misstatement that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium was yet another example of a "shoot first, ask questions later" mentality. Ken Ray Orange...
...little boy had spirits in him, and we were asking God to deliver him." RAY HEMPHILL, Self-proclaimed pastor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, charged with physical abuse to a child, after an 8-year-old autistic boy was crushed to death during an exorcism...