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...life. Want to go to Las Vegas for a week? Bus people can unplug from Indio's water, sewer and electric lines and be on the road in 15 minutes. Backing up can be tricky, so the $1 million bus is equipped with a videocam in the rear end and a monitor at the driver's seat. On the open highway a bus handles as easily as a big, expensive car. At the end of the day, bus people often turn into an empty mall parking lot to camp. Wide-open Wal-Mart lots are a favorite resting place...
SMOKE SCREEN, TACK DISPENSER, OIL SLICKS Various pipes in the rear of the truck ward off attackers by spewing oil slicks, clouds of obfuscating smoke and a carpet of tacks designed to hit the ground pointing...
DAZZLING LIGHTS Pairs of superbright lights in the front and rear can blind enemies looking directly at or pursuing the vehicle...
...During the ball's split-second journey from the bowler's hand to the batsman, Bradman would show more of his peculiar method. His backlift wasn't straight but in the direction of second slip, and his rear foot moved back and across the stumps. He liked to score from his first ball, then assess the vagaries of the pitch from the other end. He was most vulnerable early?he made seven noughts in 80 Test innings?but, once settled, an all-out attack was likely. These consisted of shots of all types, with a weighting toward late cuts...
...Monday, the Navy court convened in Honolulu to hear the testimony of Rear Admiral Charles Griffiths, who was not on board the sub at the time of the collision but is leading the preliminary investigation into the deadly crash. What Griffiths told the court is damning, not only for the Navy's practice of bringing civilians on board working vessels, but for the officers in command of the sub as well...