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...government's refusal to own up to its responsibility," said the report. More than 150 Lebanese civilians were killed and 350 injured during Israel's 16-day Operation "Grapes of Wrath," an air, land and sea military campaign against the Hizballah. Sixty-two Israeli civilians were injured during Hizballah rocket attacks on northern Israel, according to Israeli officials. Amnesty International report also criticized the Hizballah for attacking civilians. -- Chris McKenna Amnesty International : May 23, 1996 Report On Qana Shelling...
...government's refusal to own up to its responsibility," said the report. More than 150 Lebanese civilians were killed and 350 injured during Israel's 16-day Operation "Grapes of Wrath," an air, land and sea military campaign against the Hizballah. Sixty-two Israeli civilians were injured during Hizballah rocket attacks on northern Israel, according to Israeli officials. Amnesty International report also criticized the Hizballah for attacking civilians. -- Chris McKenna Amnesty International : May 23, 1996 Report On Qana Shelling...
Cobbling shoes is an honorable occupation, but it's not rocket science. It requires only limited skill and technology, and the country with the lowest wage tends to get the business. That's why China sells so many sneakers to Americans, including David Clay, 42, a toolmaker who helps build humpbacked Boeing 747 aircraft in a giant hangar just north of Seattle...
What Clay and his co-workers do by contrast is rocket science. And even though seasoned machinists like Clay earn more in an hour (about $50, including fringe benefits) than a comparable Chinese worker is paid in a month, the American worker still is more productive...
...fact, the importance of choosing the VentureStar was twofold. Not only is it the first new U.S. rocket design in 25 years, but it also represents the first space shuttle to be drafted, built, tested and maintained by private enterprise--allowing NASA to get out of the space cargo business and back to...well, to pure rocket science...