Word: torpedoes
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...DIED. LLOYD BUCHER, 76, former U.S. Navy commander of the U.S.S. Pueblo, whose crew was held captive by North Korea for 11 months in 1968; in San Diego. The Pueblo was in international waters off North Korea when it was attacked by North Korean torpedo boats. Bucher and his men spent nearly a year in harsh captivity, before a negotiated settlement brought them home. A Navy court later recommended that Bucher be court-martialed for surrendering the ship without firing a shot, but the Navy secretary overruled the decision, saying the crew had suffered enough...
SPECIAL DELIVERY Love is war for the male paper nautilus, whose idea of sex is to heave his manhood--and his genes--like a tiny torpedo into the female. Once implanted, the male organ serves as a built-in sperm bank. Similarly, the male anglerfish burrows into the belly of its much bigger mate and becomes a permanent, parasitic testicle. The female green spoon worm inhales the tiny male, who then resides in the androecium ("little man house"), a nook in the reproductive tract from which he fertilizes eggs...
...high alert” flag of the Department of Homeland Security. Pundits and anchormen comb through our country’s weak spots and ask the questions that need to be answered, like whether our seaports are safe from oil tankers—which could clearly be used as torpedo missiles—and whether Air France should ever be allowed to enter the country’s airspace. In the recent stint of “high alertness,” I took the personal step of wearing only orange boxer shorts, to remind myself daily where my fear...
...cabal of "can't-do" countries led by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has emerged as the spokesman for the developing world. It looks as if Lula may have more to talk about this week. The battle over First World subsidies could torpedo a new round of talks in Miami - talks meant to lead to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (ftaa), the proposed 34-nation, $13 trillion free-trade zone from Alaska to Argentina. Brazil is the U.S.'s co-chair in the Nov. 20-21 talks, which are meant to hash...
...Kashmiri Hindus by unidentified gunmen. Indeed, convincing the militants to hand over their Kalashnikovs is the key to peace in Kashmir?and it may prove impossible. Says Pervez Hoodbhoy, a South Asia expert at the Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad: "There are extremists who want to torpedo these negotiations...