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...that an offshore menace is worthy of protection will not be easy. Though one is more likely to be trampled to death by an elephant or gobbled up by a crocodile, sharks do kill about 25 people a year worldwide -- usually because they have mistaken a human for a seal or some other favorite prey...
...considered good at such fighting, and, more important, they would be doing it without vital air cover. Frontal attacks, where they occurred, would be preceded by heavy aerial bombardment and would be aimed at piercing holes in the lines, which the Iraqis would have to try to seal off by counterattack. That would require them to come out into the open and expose themselves to pitiless bombing and strafing...
...concrete walls seal off the narrow cobblestone streets leading to the Latvian parliament in Riga's Old Town. Four barricades block access to the small square in front of the building. Milling around bonfires near the parliament's entrance, wearing combat gear and carrying AK-47 assault rifles, are militiamen loyal to the republic's separatist government. At other bonfires in nearby Cathedral Square, hundreds of Latvians stand vigil through the night, listening to passionate music and somber poetry blaring from loudspeakers...
...residence. President Derek C. Bok hosted a student reception in his office. At a Dunster House dinner hosted by Masters Karel and Hetty Liem, Secretary Sullivan was joined at the head table by our second special guest of the evening, Lucas McLaurin, the nine-year-old Easter Seal Child of the Year...
...street, as far as the eye could see, is littered with debris--shards of glass, plastic window shades and pieces of twisted, gray shrapnel. All the buildings are pockmarked, scratched up. Dazed residents pour out of their houses, many still in their pajamas. The police work quickly to seal off the area of impact...