Word: tunnels
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Some workers suffer from carpal-tunnel syndrome. Now Nintendo addicts report a new hand ailment dubbed Nintendinitis. Can Rollerbladitis be far behind...
While waiting for their big break, the brothers are discouraged by nothing -- not by the long hours in a meat-packing plant, not by the bridge-and-tunnel bar mitzvahs and Legionnaire birthday parties they must play. The cheerfulness of Cesar's servitude is a big part of his and the movie's charm. As brought to impossibly glamorous life in Assante's performance, Cesar has fun doing almost anything; he can dance a sinfully erotic tango with Nestor's wife-to-be (Maruschka Detmers) and not consider it a promise or a poach. He sees life, in its painful...
...target of the coup had already left his house and slipped through a secret tunnel into the white, hilltop Miraflores palace in the center of the city. Miraflores offered him no security, however, for tanks lined the surrounding streets and the rebels opened fire with mortars and machine guns. Perez and an aide dashed back through the tunnel and drove to a private television station, where the President made several tapes denouncing the rebellion. As they were being broadcast to the nation, he telephoned his Defense Minister. "No negotiations," he ordered. "Give them lead...
...bobsled competitions in the last four Olympic Games were mostly free of suspense. That's because the sleds, not the athletes, were the stars. Designed with the help of wind-tunnel testing and built of advanced composite materials, the sometimes secretly developed high-tech sleds enabled some teams to achieve a consistent advantage of a few crucial hundredths of a second. "If one person has a Ferrari and another has a Fiat, the Ferrari will win," says Ermanno Gardella, secretary of the International Bobsled Federation. "But if both have Volkswagens, the best driver will...
...shaft was dug from the main tunnel to the top of the mountain, and pumps and fans were installed for air circulation. If need be, the entire underground complex could be sealed. The entrance to the facility, according to Fowler, could be closed off with a so-called guillotine gate; behind it is a solid steel door that Fowler estimates is 5 ft. thick, 10 ft. high and nearly 20 ft. across. It rests on wheels and can be opened and closed electronically. Says former FEMA head Becton: "The entrance is such that if they were to pop a nuke...