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...urban tunnel? With rising claustrophobia, the passenger will sense that a driver's mind is disorganized--that "control" is in the process of being relinquished. And so it was. It makes your shins shudder to imagine the atrocious physics of the impact, as the Mercedes transformed itself into a weapon of blunt force. Next, the swat team of photographers and the final photo shoot. Whether or not the paparazzi helped cause Diana's death, they undoubtedly defiled its setting. They took pictures of the dying woman. How could they? But they did. And now the two sons, the princes, face...
...ongoing arms race between mosquitoes and humans, the weapons are well known. The insects attack with their maddening buzz and persistent bites. The humans hit back with sprays, screens and repellent creams. Last week the mosquitoes dipped into their arsenal for a worrisome old weapon: encephalitis...
...people argue against the fundamental rightness of stigmatizing and ultimately trying to rid the planet of a weapon that maims and kills more than 2,000 people every month. But experts on the ground fear that the high-profile diplomatic campaign for a ban may detract from the less glamorous work of removing some of the millions of mines already planted...
...knowledge of sharks, the rate of scientific discovery is far outpaced by the rapid growth of shark fisheries worldwide. Some shark populations may be destroyed by overexploitation before scientists even have a chance to study them. Public awareness and sympathy for sharks may ultimately prove the most effective weapon against hideous practices such as live finning and the destruction of sharks for their cartilage resulting from the baseless claims of pill pushers. To find out more about current shark research, visit the shark-research Website at www2.hawaii. edu/~carlm/tigershark.html CARL MEYER Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Kaneohe, Hawaii...
...about in camouflage gear, soldiers are under general orders not to identify themselves, not to fire warning shots and to respond to any perceived lethal threat under the military's "rules of engagement"--which means, roughly, shoot to kill. This is what happened to Hernandez, who had fired his weapon twice in the direction of the four Marines. Family members say Hernandez often carried a gun to fend off predators, and it is not clear whether he knew whom he was shooting at. However, Pentagon officials say Hernandez had been involved in an earlier incident in which he fired shots...