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...using sanctions, inspections and the threat of military retribution to whittle down the scope of his authority to his palace and his bunker. The hope in Washington is that sooner or later, someone in Saddam's inner circle, or more likely a junta of someones, will tire of working for an impotent pariah; one fine morning Saddam will be gone, at least from office and better yet from this world...
Police later found the knife hidden behind the tire of a car in Kenmore Square, and Raustein's wallet floating in the Charles River...
Though unemployment stands at 6.8%, almost a full point below the national average, voters have grappled with an eroding industrial base since the 1970s, when NCR Corp. -- the town's main employer for nearly a century -- shed 14,000 workers. Subsequently, Dayton Tire and Rubber Co., Frigidaire and Dayton Press all pulled out or closed down. "Dayton just got knocked on its butt," says Steve Sidlo, managing editor of the Dayton Daily News (circ. 182,000). "We were losing 2,000 jobs here, 4,000 there and 5,000 there. It was just bang, bang, bang, one body blow after...
...depending on her species and the richness of her blood meal -- turn into larvae, which lead a complete aquatic life of their own and are as different from flying mosquitoes as seals are from buzzards. Not much water is needed: a tablespoon in an old beer can or tire casing is enough to provide a home for 200 of these little air-breathing water worms, but the more water the better. The larvae zip around, feeding on bacteria and bits of vegetation, which they filter through bristles in their mouths. In some species they also eat one another...
...have finally run out. The U.N. inspection team that had been parked round the clock outside Iraq's Agriculture Ministry for 17 days, waiting to search for missile documents believed to be stashed inside, abandoned its mission. Faced with menacing mob demonstrations that included peltings with eggs and tomatoes, tire slashings and an attempted assault with a skewer, the inspectors retreated, empty-handed...