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ROCKET SCIENCE In the future, missiles loom as the key Chinese weapon for intimidating, and perhaps attacking, Taiwan. That's why Taiwan is eager to develop, with U.S. help, a missile shield. Such a system, however, would use much of the same difficult and costly technology that doomed the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative in the 1980s. Perfecting it now will be daunting--if not impossible. EDGE China, which could try to use the threat of missile attack to lure Taiwan back to the motherland...
...crying out to the council for a public outlet. Apparently, not getting dressed on Monday would have been perfect for this, but since the council kept its pajama-wearing fun to itself, that leaves me no choice but to go out and get a tattoo of the Harvard shield on my butt as a reciprocal act of secret spirit...
When children experience the death of a beloved relative or friend, or even a pet, our first reaction as parents is to shield them from grief. This is natural: we're only trying to fulfill the promises we whispered to them when they were born. But "protecting" a child from the death of a loved one doesn't work. Children who don't deal openly with grief can develop lasting emotional and developmental problems. Instead of trying to prevent sadness, we have to help our children experience...
...life." As he tells their story, you wonder what kind of burden they represent, and what kind of gift. Sure, his father chain-smoked and drank too much, and his grandfather was a cusser, but both walk on water across the pages. His inheritance is both sword and shield: McCain too has his flaws, but he admits to them without fear because like his fathers before him, he did his service and, against all odds, came back a hero...
...past two weeks. According to the Associated Press, within the eight days prior to the strike, five Israeli soldiers were killed and 12 more wounded in Hizbullah attacks. These terrorists attacks, according to CNN reports, were launched from within Lebanese villages, using the Lebanese civilians as a human shield. In order to avoid Lebanese civilian casualties, Israel chose not to attack those targets...