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...many as 12 to 24 of the 360-mile-range missiles still hidden. Under the terms of the cease-fire, Iraq was allowed to build only missiles that could fly no more than 93 miles. And during the 1998 U.S.-British air strikes, analysts caught a glimpse of previously unknown unmanned planes hidden in a bombed Iraqi hangar; they theorized that these were equipped with nozzles and tanks to spray deadly gases and toxins at low altitudes. The drones were jury-rigged clandestinely from Czech L-29 jet trainers legally bought years before...
...call this thing a book is something of a stretch. The pages are not numbered; I counted a mere 60. Better just to call it a masterpiece. With remarkable power and economy, Address Unknown (Souvenir Press) recounts the breakup of a friendship between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his German business partner after the latter returns to Germany in 1932. Author Kressmann Taylor tells the story solely through their letters, which saves a lot of space on plot, dialogue and description. Yet the letters carry considerable freight. "Back in Germany! How I envy you," enthuses Max Eisenstein...
...Cambridge candidates were joined last night by Carlo DeMaria Jr., an Everett alderman and owner of a Honeydew donuts franchise, a relative unknown and clear underdog in next Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the seat currently held by Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham...
...Sloops is a fairly big unknown,” Noack said. “Dan Litchfield will probably be steering the boat, but he’s basically unproven as a helmsman in that competition...
...large figure prompted some to speculate that the University is the unknown buyer of President Bush’s shares in the Texas-based oil and gas company, though Harvard Management Company (HMC) officials denied the purchase...