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...LAIRCM automatically detects, tracks and jams infrared missiles, sending a high-intensity laser beam into the missile's seeker, disrupting its guidance system. No action is required by the crew. The pilot simply is informed that a threat missile was detected and jammed. "Inexpensive, yet lethal, surface-to-air missiles have proliferated around the globe and unfortunately are in the hands of our potential adversaries," says Arnold Welch, vice president for Infrared Countermeasures Programs at Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. "It is essential that our military pilots and air crews have this sophisticated type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Protect Airliners from Missiles | 12/2/2002 | See Source »

...safe bets like LANDSEND.COM, purveyor of can't-miss cashmere scarves and other standards. REDENVELOPE.COM, somewhere in between, always has fresh suggestions and helps nudge shoppers in the right direction by grouping items by personality (click Lifestyle for the site's picks for the decorator, the entertainer, the spa seeker, the traveler). To be really hip, browse GIRLSHOP.COM for clothing and accessories from more than 100 "indie" designers, from Anna Kula's hand-knit caps to Zoe Vice's low-cut cords; there's a guy shop and a tot shop too. If you're in the mood to splurge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Click Smart | 11/18/2002 | See Source »

...Hogwarts, Harry encounters a fresh set of intrigue, both expected and unexpected. Harry’s other best friend, Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) is still top of the class, but the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has been replaced, his nemesis, Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) is now seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team (a wildly popular magical sport played on flying broomsticks). Most terrifying of all, the Chamber of Secrets has been opened once again. The chamber in question was built by Hogwarts co-founder Salazar Slytherin and housed a monster that fifty years ago terrorized the school...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Every Little Thing He Does is Magic | 11/14/2002 | See Source »

...Hogwarts, Harry encounters a fresh set of intrigue, both expected and unexpected. Harry’s other best friend, Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) is still top of the class, but the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has been replaced, his nemesis, Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) is now seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team (a wildly popular magical sport played on flying broomsticks). Most terrifying of all, the Chamber of Secrets has been opened once again. The chamber in question was built by Hogwarts co-founder Salazar Slytherin and housed a monster that fifty years ago terrorized the school...

Author: By James Crawford, | Title: Every Little Thing He Does is Magic | 11/13/2002 | See Source »

...Seers Project, as in Reflections, the emphasis will be on the artistry of the irreplaceable moment. Just as there was no way of planning what composite image would result from the merging faces, neither can anyone, artist included, anticipate what words will be exchanged between seer and seeker...

Author: By Paul Kofoed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seers and Seekers of the World, Unite | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

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