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...avoid such problems? Like my classmates, you can choose bags that have wide, padded straps and a belt. That will help transfer some of the weight from the back and shoulders to the hips. You should also tighten both straps firmly, so the pack rests about two inches above your waist. Also, remember to pack your bag with the heaviest items closest to your back and to bend both knees when you pick...
...followed and headed straight to the bridge where they took the captain and pilot hostage and cut the ship's communications before assembling the rest of the crew. The sailors' hands were slipped behind their backs into the handcuffs, which were then looped around their necks, rigged to tighten in a struggle. The ship captain's hands were tied in front so he could open the safe. The boarders communicated in rudimentary English to disguise their origins. "Those guys are the pirate experts. We call them the Kopassus," says the captain, using the name for Indonesian army commandos. "They signal...
...CAFE, standards for SUVs and light trucks. Those vehicles have long been subject to lower standards because of their supposed use mainly for business activity. But these days, as Detroit reaps its most abundant profits selling the vehicles to soccer moms and dads, there?s a push to tighten standards and let carmakers start using better engine technology to make up the difference...
...debate is burning hot right now, with the National Academy of Sciences concluding in a report released Tuesday maintaining that that carmakers have the technology to bring SUVs up to miles-per-gallon snuff. And while the House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed a compromise proposal to tighten the standards by about 1 mpg (theoretically saving 5 billion gallons between 2004 and 2010), House Democrats - joined by their Senate counterparts readying for their own crack at energy legislation - are pushing for a much more ambitious measure...
...before Bush's first term ends. In fact, the President can just bulldoze ahead. Russia can cooperate and get something or sulk and get nothing. European objections don't count if Russia concedes. The Democrat-led Senate can't stop Bush from breaking the ABM treaty, though it can tighten the purse strings...