Word: terrain
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...small wheels. It's those wheels that account for the greatest savings in space, but they also cause the greatest resistance from some buyers--at least the ones who take their biking very seriously. A single spin of a big wheel, after all, takes you over a lot more terrain than a single spin of a little...
...fact of military aviation that helicopters flying in combat are accidents waiting to happen. Unlike their fixed-wing brethren, helicopters tend to be slow, which on the battlefield is another word for vulnerable. Beyond that, they tend to fly low, hugging the contours of the terrain in what pilots called nap-of-the-earth flight (that's what upsets unpracticed bellies). The tactic certainly reduces the helicopter's exposure to enemy fire from below, but it doesn't eliminate it. Helicopter pilots speak warily of "golden BBs" that can bring down their bird. There are a fair number of bull...
...surveying this bleak terrain, the Academy membership might turn to the one feel-good movie nominated for Best Picture. Voting for a comedy that celebrates life - eccentric but essentially loving family life - would be an affirmation of what Hollywood has done since its Golden Age: try to make America forget what makes it gloomy, and bring it a little Sunshine...
...military aid package announced Friday is designed to help equip government forces with helicopters, heavier weapons and armor, and communications gear that would give them the capacity to operate independently against Taliban guerrillas in harsh terrain. But that won't happen in time to face the Taliban's anticipated spring offensive. So, the Pentagon also announced Wednesday that 3,200 soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division will have their tour of duty in Afghanistan extended by four months. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he is likely to ask President Bush for several thousand more American troops augment...
...Diego, says we should use robots to find creative solutions to the world around us rather than seeking a pleasing yap and wag at the push of a button. Working with teams of high school students, she tricks out toy robots - she calls them "feral robot dogs" - with all-terrain wheels and pollution sensors in their noses and sends them into landfills and industrial areas to search for toxins. These are robots with a social conscience. "Suddenly the students, who a few weeks earlier were tentative about taking apart these products, are in a position to reimagine our environmental...