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...think those tiny pieces of junk can't do much harm, think again. According to a back-of-the-envelope rule the Apollo astronauts used, given the speeds involved in traveling in low-Earth orbit, a one-tenth-in. bit of chaff would collide with an oncoming spacecraft with as much force as a bowling ball traveling 60 m.p.h...
...quintessentially American conun-drum writ small: the right to liberty against the rule of law. Too many rules, and you feel like a puppet. Too few, and you're stuck wondering what you're doing there. "You want to avoid that basic fear of terrifying existential crisis," Houser says. "You don't want to put that into the game." There's enough of that in real life...
...author Ricardas Gavelis, and recently translated into English by Elizabeth Novickas, sets up a metaphorical card game to puzzle even the most seasoned players. With four narrators at the table, each of whom bluffs, bets, and folds accordingly, Gavelis conducts a profound autopsy of Lithuanian identity garroted by Soviet rule. This ambitious endeavor is admirably achieved. Gavelis’ writing is a paragon of surrealist creativity and an intensely interesting read, filled with effortlessly intelligent prose and a wryly macabre voice. What’s at stake in “Vilnius Poker” is the namesake city, Lithuania?...
...secular Jew, Lieberman has drawn criticism from religious conservatives for saying he would allow civil marriage ceremonies and Arab self-rule in areas of Jerusalem - raising fears he plans to "de-Judaise" Israel...
...challenge to remake Basra is daunting. Caught in the cross fire of the Iran-Iraq war and Iraq's occupation and retreat from Kuwait, brutally punished for uprisings against Saddam Hussein only to see his tyranny give way to the mob rule of Shi'ite militias, both the city and province of Basra have sustained deep wounds over almost 30 years. British forces and government agencies based in Basra after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion became a magnet for militia attacks and struggled to deliver on promises of reconstruction and development. But in March 2008, the Iraqi army launched...