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...standing in the shower. In the case of America's Cup racing, make that $1,000 bills. Nine teams spent tens of millions of dollars apiece just to enter the competition - and only one will get the chance to challenge the current Cup holder, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. It's a good thing, then, that the hope of beating the Kiwis, who have held the Cup since 1995, enticed the fabulously rich to open their wallets. The competition includes teams funded by Oracle's Larry Ellison, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and telco investor Craig McCaw; biotech mogul...
...10am Sunday, ISAF confirmed a rocket had not exploded, according to a specialist ordinance team. The explosion had been caused by a bomb. "It doesn't appear to have been intended to cause serious harm," ISAF spokesman Squadron Leader Terry Hay told a briefing. "It seems to have been very much for effect...
Fast forward to the present and I find myself near the end of training and only a few short months from being assigned to my first fleet squadron. The F/A-18 Hornet I fly and I are about to become part of the tip of the U.S. military’s spear. And while the tactical air mission in Afghanistan is all but complete, it is still a good bet that carrier-based Navy jets will have a role in whatever military action is required for the next phase of the War on Terrorism—be it in Iraq...
...done as an undercover police officer in the city. The movie traces the one day that Harris spends with a trainee, Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke), and Hoyt’s attempts to prove to Harris that he has what it takes to make it in the squadron. Trailers emphasize the roller-coaster ride that Hoyt will endure in that one day, as his idealism crashes violently against Harris’s reality, so expect lots of morality tales that question what officers should do when confronted by a sea of crime, or when their only option is to become brutal...
...squadron leader on the Akagi. Admiral Yamamoto stood on a wooden step in front of the officers on Nov. 17. He told us: "I know you have trained for a few months and are confident of your skills. But America is very strong. So tighten your belts. Devote yourselves to this fight...