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...Brides-les-Bains (pop. 650), normally a thermal spa for obesity treatment, the Olympic Village was tucked into an authentic Alpine village, with one whole side of the main street fenced off -- even the town hall was behind bars -- so that it felt as if the hamlet itself were under house arrest. Ear-flapped gendarmerie stood in front of the cage, and one French woman biathlete complained that "you can't even take a tea bag in without being checked." But the competitors could at least enjoy a taste of the high life: they dined every night under crystal chandeliers...
Since a condor's wings are too large for much flapping, it soars skyward by jumping from its mountaintop nest into an updraft. On the ground, the birds need a spiraling thermal air current to take off. Says the Los Angeles Zoo's Michael Wallace: "I've seen Andean condors walk half a mile for a launch point...
...tons. Because the capital lies 2,240 m (7,347 ft.) above sea level, fossil fuels do not burn efficiently, producing more ozone than normal. During the calm winter months, the mountains that encircle the city trap the polluted air close to the ground in atmospheric sandwiches known as thermal inversions...
...would children resist their craving for Chicken McNuggets? In a word: polystyrene. Environmentally conscious youngsters are up in arms about the soft plastic used to make disposable soft-drink cups, hamburger boxes and other lightweight thermal containers. The material is nonbiodegradable and can give off toxic fumes when burned. The food industry uses more than 1 billion lbs. of the material every year to pack its products. McDonald's (1989 sales: $17 billion) is the world's largest single consumer. Each day 22 million customers buy food in 11,000 of its outlets in 52 countries. An estimated...
...more than $1 million each, thermal neutron analysis systems are designed to spot plastic explosives that can elude most other inspections. The FAA has installed TNA machines at two airports, New York City's Kennedy and Miami International, and plans to require U.S. airlines to purchase 150 of them, at a cost of $175 million. But the presidential commission contends that the machines are duds: if set to find a small bomb like the one that shattered Pan Am Flight 103 (apparently between 1 and 2 lbs.), they produce excessive false alarms...