Word: rc
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Incirlik, an isolated Turkish base 444 miles southeast of Istanbul, the Gulf War has never really ended. Most mornings some two dozen American F-15s and F-16s scream skyward, along with E-3 and RC-135 command planes and KC-135 tankers to keep them safely flying and fueled. An hour later, in a delicately choreographed ballet 400 miles east, the warplanes take their final sips of gas before turning south toward Iraq. Their mission: to show the Iraqi military how impotent Saddam is in protecting Iraqi sovereignty--and them. Maybe this will foment rebellion...
...times, it's hard to tell whether Yates, physics and astronomy teacher and chair of the science department, is a member of the faculty or still a kid. He often tells students how much he's craving an RC Cola or a Moon Pie or a Slim Jim. He allows them to drink bottled water in class and speak up without raising their hands. But he's best known for his antics--shooting chalk through a plastic tube, or dropping a huge chemistry book on the floor for its startling effect. It's a formula that works, creating an environment...
Above the fighters is the intel package: E-3 AWACS and E-2C radar planes, E-8 Joint STARS ground-surveillance planes and RC-135 Rivet Joint planes. They comb the sky and ground for the enemy, feed targets to pilots and keep allied warplanes safely apart. When you near your target, you peel off from your buddies, dodging antiaircraft artillery and corkscrewing missiles...
Successful as AOL has been, Case knows that his company could still end up being the RC Cola of the Net rather than the Coca-Cola. With the Web spilling onto platforms as diverse as TV sets and cell phones, Case sees that his business may be preparing for another big shift. "Even though we've been at it for a decade, this is like the second inning in terms of the development of this medium." The online business, he says, is about to become "the most competitive market in the world...
Michael B. Allan is a sophomore and resident counselor (RC) at Brown University...