Word: shells
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...pickups with rear-mounted antiaircraft and antitank guns--in the city. Afrah, however, scoffs at the notion that warlord power is slipping. "This is our business," he says, as he points out the features of his battle wagons with a long thin stick tipped with a small-caliber bullet shell...
...Appearing before the press Friday afternoon, Daschle called the plan "if not miraculous, then at the very least historic." Lott was less enthusiastic, but agreed the deal "is a reasonable one, with a serious dose of reality." That may be reference to the shell shock Senate observers reportedly saw on Republicans' faces earlier this week when the words "majority leader" publicly preceded Daschle's name for the first time...
...rear-guard action against the forces--and free music--unleashed by an 18-year-old named Shawn Fanning and a piece of computer code he called Napster. Or on the front lines of the agritech wars, where the opponents of so-called Frankenfoods stirred a tempest in a taco shell when genetically engineered feed corn not deemed safe for human consumption (because it might cause allergic reactions) turned up at Taco Bells and other outposts in the human food supply. It was big year in space too, as a team of Russian and American astronauts took occupancy...
...wondrous new vehicle for transport to the stars: the Hayden Planetarium, centerpiece of the $210 million Rose Center for Earth and Space. The 87-foot aluminum sphere that is the Hayden's core seemed to float inside a 10-story glass-walled cube, which is the Hayden's outer shell. "A cosmic cathedral," was how architect James Polshek proudly described his creation. A planetarium is, of course, only a transmitter of outer space to those of us on terra firma. By contrast, the new space station, a U.S.-led international effort that has already cost some $60 billion...
Perhaps like many consumers, John Benjamin, 36, a credit analyst from Oak Park, Ill., is experiencing the new wealth defect. He plans to shell out 30% less for gifts this year. "My spending habits are correlated to the performance of the market," he says. Others' behavior is correlated to their credit-card debt--and after a decade of buying, and saving next to nothing, Americans are cleaning up their balances...