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...bomber's only mistake apparently was in timing. Terrorism experts assume that a timer had been set so that the charge would explode after the flight cleared the British Isles and was over water on its course to New York. If so, specific evidence of the sabotage would have been almost impossible to dredge up from the wintry Atlantic. But Flight 103 left Heathrow 25 minutes late. Anticipating such delays, terrorists have used barometers to start a timer only when a set air pressure has developed near the bomb. Since the cargo holds in a 747 are pressurized after takeoff...
Kudrin stares down at the chessboard with perfect concentration, looking up from time to time like a swimmer surfacing from a deep dive. As Kudrin meditates, even the smallest background noises are amplified. The ticking of the timer clock on the table, the clinking of the chandelier on the wall, the splash of drinking water into plastic cups all seem unbearably nerve-racking. On the twelfth move Kudrin, playing Black, guilefully offers Hitech a pawn. Hitech can't resist taking it -- thereby opening up the board to a masterful attack. From then on, it's Kudrin's game. Mikhail...
...timing device and incendiary device were used to ignite the fire, which occurred about 3:30 a.m. on December 26, said Kenneth Clark of the Cambridge Fire Investigation Unit. The device consisted of "a kitchen timer wired to barbecue lighter fluid," said Cambridge Deputy Fire Chief John Gelinas...
...soon find out," smiles a young instructor. "Drove ten years, truckin' got both my wives." Truck-company reps, roaming the halls to recruit talent, mince no words about the tough life. "Glory goes out the window when you're pounding 5,000 miles a week," says an old-timer. "Trucking used to be an honorable profession too. Now a lady can't even get on the CB without getting harassed. And John Q. hates us." As Instructor Ed Bagby warns his students, "A lot of drivers have it out for truckers. They want to get even for being...
...timer" in the old building, Laura said she recognized some of the nurses. She added that she was waiting for Pam, her favorite nurse, to come on duty, so she could give her a friendship bracelet she had made...