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...Agency for International Development. In 1976 and '77 Adelman worked as a special assistant to then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, his political mentor. Adelman served on Reagan's transition team, then returned to his post as a strategic analyst at SRI International, a private think tank...
...started when the Pfluegers' water supply turned an unsavory purple, and later black. John found that woodpeckers had drilled holes in the water tank's wooden top and dropped in acorn after acorn. After he drained the tank and shoveled out their stash, about 100 Ibs. of acorns, scores of angry birds began slamming against the windows. "The birds did not seem afraid of anything," said Donna. "I'd scare them away but it didn't work." Not long thereafter, a meter reader noticed that the living-room window was smashed and called the police. Guns...
...Apollo 13 astronaut, who was due to be sworn in this week as a Republican Congressman from Colorado; of lung and bone-marrow cancer; in Washington, D.C. Chosen as a replacement one day before unlucky 13's launching in 1970, the civilian astronaut coolly announced, when an oxygen tank exploded, "Houston, we've got a problem," then initiated emergency procedures he had helped develop. Turning to politics, he spent most of his life savings in an unsuccessful bid for a senatorial nomination in 1978, but came back last year to win 77% of the votes in a congressional...
Dawn was breaking along Venezuela's coastline as workers began the routine task of unloading an oil tanker at the Tacoa Arricifes generating plant, 20 miles northwest of Caracas. Suddenly and inexplicably, a half-filled storage tank onshore caught fire. Ignited, the 20,000 tons of fuel already in the tank turned the site into an inferno. As hundreds of rescue workers converged on the scene, superheated gases in the same tank erupted, trapping rescuers in a curtain of fire. Then, 17 hours later, a second tank nearby exploded. In the searing heat one fire engine reportedly just melted...
Just when I noticed it was kind of a nice day out, a skinny kid popped out of a bush by the side of the path. He looked a little like the kids downtown, except he was wearing a tank top, a dog collar, and a funny pointed hat. Hoping he wasn't a guerrilla. I asked him where his coat...