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...military is planning to launch the mother of all salvos should war begin in Iraq. That much has been made obvious from the massive naval deployment in the Gulf. "This is the largest ever naval deployment in history," in the words of Rear Admiral Barry M. Costello, the Commander of the CTF 55. To be precise, there are three aircraft carriers - Constellation, Kitty Hawk and Lincoln - choking up the narrow Persian Gulf. Combined, they send nearly 200 sorties into Iraq every day and can double that within hours. Add to that more than 130 cruisers, frigates and destroyers...
...checkpoints. But when he neared Halabja, two wary soldiers had asked the passenger to produce his ID. Although local officials believe the bomber's intended target may have been the nearby military headquarters, once accosted by the government soldiers he knew he would get no further. Opening the left rear door, he stepped out with one hand in his pocket, a finger poised on the trigger mechanism. TIME's correspondent witnessed the explosion from a ridge-top bunker a short distance away. A flash and thick curls of smoke engulfed the road before the crack of the explosion washed across...
Nearly 4 of 5 SUV owners said in a 2002 R.L. Polk & Co. survey that they value their SUVs for driving in harsh weather. But while four-wheel drive can help you blast through snow even as light rear-wheel-drive cars spin out, it won't help you stop on slick roads. Says Joe Orlando, spokesman for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority: "People think that if they are in a four-wheel drive, they can go through anything." Orlando, who owns two SUVs, had to go on TV one recent snowy morning to ask SUV drivers to slow down...
...renovation from that era—a rear projection system which burns carbon instead of electric bulbs—is even used today...
...remains of the crew), fresh theories and new clues abounded. Images of Columbia's demise were sent in by amateur videotapers, and reports of evidence were phoned in by freelance debris hunters. Part of the leading edge of one wing turned up near Fort Worth, Texas, while a rear wing section was examined in the eastern part of the state, near Nacogdoches. Researchers dug up old NASA memos warning of just the kind of accident that may have claimed Columbia. Experts sought to reassemble 32 seconds of vital, if patchy, data that sputtered down from Columbia after voice communications were...