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...This work continues. The story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm. God bless you all, and God bless America...
...trajectories so that they land in their target zone at the same time, a frightening prospect for any foe. It also will be faster on the battlefield, zipping along at up to 29 m.p.h., allowing it to keep up with the Army's speedy M-1 tanks. "In Desert Storm our tanks were outrunning our artillery," says General John Keane, the Army's No. 2 officer. "That's a no-no in terms of operational success." That assertion has become the Army's refrain in justifying the Crusader...
Last Monday night, activists from the Tanzim militia tried to storm the Bethlehem headquarters of Palestinian Intelligence. They wanted to lynch Nawawra, who had been arrested earlier that day after Palestinian Intelligence became suspicious of him. The next day, two of Nawawra's distant relatives went to visit him in jail. They tried to smuggle in a pistol, intending to kill him to protect their clan's honor. They failed, but they needn't worry too much. Nawawra will be tried before the State Security Court this week. Sources close to the court tell TIME that Nawawra has confessed...
...demand), the Martin Luther King break might give the Golden State's overloaded power grid some much-needed time to cool off. Yesterday was just about as bad as it could get without going dark; a number of power plants were down for planned, necessary winter maintenance and a storm seriously crippled the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant on the central coast, knocking out a good portion of the state's dwindling supply of electricity. Only last-minute intervention by the state, which purchased emergency power from the Northwest, averted rolling blackouts...
...notice some cracks in the panels and try not to think about the safety record of cars suspended from steel cables in Third World countries. The cable car sways a bit in the breeze and I suddenly have a brief vision of George Clooney in "A Perfect Storm" being buffeted by winds, but since that wasn't a very good movie I try hard to think of George Clooney in "Out of Sight" and then I think why in the world am I thinking of George Clooney when I could be thinking of Jennifer Lopez who was in that same...