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...submarine, an underwater demolition team or, heaven forbid, another warship? What does the admiral have to say about using a military attache with a cell phone to establish communications from the Cole after the blast? How did we end up with a U.S. warship that could not transmit an SOS! This is where unbelievable runs into inexcusable, which is really scary, because who knows the extent of our Navy's unreadiness? BRADFORD J. KEENE Redondo Beach, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 13, 2000 | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...boat that was hit by the catastrophe that developed at lightning speed," said Ilya Klebanov, Deputy Prime Minister and head of a commission investigating the sinking. It was all over, he said on Thursday, "in the space of two minutes, more or less." The tapping out of SOS signals in Morse code indicated that some crew members survived for a time in the stern sections of the boat, but Admiral Vyacheslav Popov, commander of the Northern Fleet, admitted on Friday evening that no tapping had been heard from the sub since Aug. 14, two days after the accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fatal Dive | 8/28/2000 | See Source »

During my sinking search for anyone acutely tuned in to the presidential primary, I put out an SOS to the district's Congressman, Ed Royce. "Ed, I'm on the streets of Fullerton and can't find anything but YES ON PROP. 22 signs." The only passion in California politics right now is wrapped up in a proposition that wants to make sure gays don't walk the aisle. "Go to the Brea Community Center," advised Royce, a Bush supporter. Republican women were gathering for their monthly meeting, he said, and they would definitely be plugged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Waiting To Catch The Primary Wave | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

Slope Day takes place "on this massive hill inthe middle of campus," says senior LeslieKirchler, the chair of Students Offering Support(SOS). "On the last day of classes, everyonebrings their couches and chairs out onto the hill,and just starts drinking...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard's Spring Best? | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...SOS is a volunteer organization of about 300Cornell students, staff and faculty who walkaround during the crowd of 8,000 to 10,000 andwatches out for potentially dangerous situationsor students in need of medical attention due toalcohol poisoning...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Harvard's Spring Best? | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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