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...Tinian, a 39-sq-mi. island in the Marianas some 1,500 miles south of Japan, U.S. forces had constructed the largest airport in the world, including four parallel, 8,500-ft.-long runways designed for B-29 Superfortresses. Several of the incendiary-bomb raids on Japanese cities staged by Major General Curtis LeMay's XXI Bomber Command began and ended in the Marianas. Members of the 509th unit started arriving at Tinian in June. On July 26, components of Little Boy, the uranium-based bomb that was scheduled to be dropped first, reached Tinian aboard the U.S. warship Indianapolis...
There is a war between the states of Alabama and Missouri, and the prize is poison. The trophy, a low 30,000-sq.-ft. brick building, is surrounded by high fencing topped with barbed wire, surrounded by armed guards and laden with alarms, sirens, cameras and a medical station. Up to 100 soldiers at a time would train there, each repeatedly giving blood samples during their stay to ensure that they were not contaminated by the lethal agents within. These trainees, cloaked in protective overgarments and masks, would detect and swab a bleachlike solution over military gear spotted with deadly...
...residence is located, is now closed off by iron gates and car barriers. In the Underground system and many other public places, litter baskets-an easy place to plant bombs-have been removed. In July 1993, after the ira exploded two bombs in London's financial center, the 1-sq.-mi. district called the City, officials threw a "ring of steel" around the area. Smaller streets have been closed off at one end, channeling traffic down just seven main arteries where police conduct random checkpoints and high-resolution cameras record license plates and drivers. Private businesses have also been encouraged...
...They would go two at a time, with an adult accopmanying them," Andersen said. "The adult would not go into the store, they would go in and attempt to purchase cigarettes." The study took place in the Fresh Pond, Inman Sq. and Harvard Sq. areas, Andersen said...
...response to N.R.A.-backed lawsuits brought by county sheriffs in four states--Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Montana--judges have also ruled Brady unconstitutional because it compels localities to adopt national standards. In Val Verde County, which covers 3,240 sq. mi. in southwestern Texas, sheriff J.R. Koog says his 15 deputies are stretched to the limit. Echoing the Capitol Hill debate over unfunded mandates, he complains about the ``horrendous effect'' on his operations budget. ``The government can operate in the red, pink or whatever,'' he says. ``I have to operate in the black...