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...quasar. There may be only one of them." Or, he muses, his team may be looking at a quasar through a "very special" line of sight, a line that passes through a strange cloud of gas that accounts for its curious absorptions. But, he stresses, "I wouldn't stake any money on either of these possibilities...
...fiery climax. After six years, an important part of the official line on the big question ?- that the government had never used incendiary devices and therefore could not possibly be responsible for the fire ?- had been reversed, and Reno was certainly right. But there is more than credibility at stake. When Reno?s internal investigation is completed, the likely finding will be that Coulson was right ?- the two forgotten devices were fired, and bounced away harmlessly six hours before the blaze erupted. The mainstream press, well accustomed to the big and small incompetencies of the Washington bureaucracies, will likely believe...
...Taiwan Strait with warplanes, in part to send a message to Taiwan's voters who will choose Lee's successor next year. The experts don't discount the risk that this psychological warfare could by accident erupt into the real thing, but figure Beijing has too much at stake right now, including an upcoming Clinton-Jiang meeting and a long-sought deal to get into the World Trade Organization. Moreover, an international outcry over use of force would spoil the People's Republic of China's big 50th-birthday party...
...course it did, says Anna Jones, Cary's aunt and Delbert's sister. Delbert and Kay were after nothing more than a small-town stake in a Central Valley farm community, Delbert punching a clock as a mechanic, Kay grabbing whatever service jobs she could find. It wasn't easy or grand, but it was a life, and in an instant, it was gone...
...more wishing: last week UPS, which is based in Atlanta, said it will soon sell the public a 10% stake in what could be the biggest initial public offering ever ($4 billion or so) and the hottest in recent memory. CEO James Kelly says it's all about flexibility. Publicly traded shares will give him a currency to make acquisitions and compete better...