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...celebrations surrounding them. Angus Henry, 25, a freelance caterer, and Gwyn Jenkins, 25, an interior designer, set up hard by Buckingham Palace with a television, three cases of sparkling white wine, masses of duck pate, a crate of salmon sandwiches, French bread, orange juice and a large black umbrella. They threw a party right there for 50 friends, and on the wedding morning Angus changed into a morning suit. All along the wedding route, spectators wrapped themselves in flags and youths painted the Union Jack on their faces. Others sang the old patriotic songs like Land of Hope and Glory...
...spraying was all but imperceptible, a fact that frustrated would-be demonstrators. Two protesters keeping a vigil in Palo Alto heard a helicopter overhead but could find no trace of Malathion. "I don't see how it will work," admitted Patrick Long, 29, who held a black umbrella over his head for symbolic effect. "I don't see how the flies can find...
While the six twin-engine F-15s provided a protective umbrella, the specially armed F-16s screamed into their bombing runs. The lead plane fired a pair of video-guided precision "smart" bombs, to punch through predetermined spots in the domed concrete. The following aircraft launched their own explosives through the jagged holes: a dozen conventional bombs weighing 2,200 Ibs. each. After a series of shattering roars, the roof collapsed, burying the reactor's radioactive core under hundreds of tons of concrete and steel debris. Fire raged through the site. Two of the attackers, carrying cameras rather than heavy...
...does not view the entry of nuclear-armed vessels into their waters as a violation, and that the Japanese government has quietly accepted the fact. As Reischauer points out, "Russian ships are going through Japanese straits loaded with nuclear weapons." The U.S. vessels that help provide a nuclear umbrella for Japan require at least the same privilege...
Despite their Renaissance garb, the Vatican's famous Swiss Guards are not entirely decorative. They carry halberds, but submachine guns are never far away. At the bronze door of St. Peter's they are stashed in a brass umbrella stand, unnoticed by tourists who click away at the guards' fanciful uniforms. Vatican security is, in fact, a mixture of modern and medieval. Plainclothes Swiss Guards and men from the papal gendarmes hustle alongside the Pope's car when he appears for audiences, just as the Secret Service does for the President...