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...found first. "There are a lot of promises in land-mine detection, but still, what people often come back to is the guy poking around with a stick," says Elleholm, speaking of technologies such as ground-penetrating radar, infrared devices and thermal neutron activation. Many current methods are slow and cover no more than 1% of the estimated 77,220 sq. mi. of the world's land-mine-infested territory every year. Elleholm says Aresa's technique can cover five times as much ground in the same amount of time as other detection techniques...
...positive response Bush received when he tossed Rumsfeld over the side after the elections. Says a former government official who has known Bush for 20 years: "If he is going to take political advantage of things he might have done anyhow, why not do them fast instead of slow?" It may be that the President is not yet ready to answer the obvious question when the strategy changes: What is the new definition of success? Bush himself teed that up when he told reporters in October, "You all got to understand, and the parents of our troops must understand, that...
...much Chavez had done for them would be the residents of Tacagua, a dilapidated neighborhood clinging to a mountainside near Caracas, where many homes are made of scraps of tin pieced together. Here, gang violence and drugs are part of everyday life, and the government has been slow to provide new housing for families whose homes are in danger of collapsing in mudslides. Even so, posters and graffiti praising Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution," named after South American independence leader Simon Bolivar, permeate the neighborhood...
...turnovers and a disciplined BYU defense combined to slow down Harvard’s post players, letting the Cougars hang around. After halftime, rushed attempts at getting Lackner and forward Katie Rollins involved offensively led to turnovers and quick baskets...
...Bobcats] are a team that can score goals, and coming in, we’re a team that cannot score goals, and really didn’t have many even-strength goals,” Donato said. “For us to find a way to slow down their scoring and get three on the board for ourselves is a positive sign.” Even with three goals on the board, however, it was an assist that ranked as perhaps the biggest play of Harvard’s season. —Staff writer Daniel J. Rubin-Wills...