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But like most stable explosives it's not easy to ignite - it requires an initial explosion. Usually that would be accomplished with a detonator like a blasting cap, but that device would have almost surely shown up on any airport X-ray machine or metal detector. Instead, Abdulmutallab allegedly brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It's Not Easy to Detonate a Bomb on Board | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

Even 5-year-olds know that when counting anything - toes, fingers or years - we begin with one, not zero. The first decade of this millennium began with the year 2001, and the last year of the first decade of this millennium will be next year, 2010. The millennium began with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

Andy Serwer Responds When I began the piece, I was well aware of the great when-does-the-decade-begin controversy, which I remembered from the days of Y2K. Back then, most folks seemed to consider the past decade over on Dec. 31, 1999, so it made sense to me...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

Re the reference to Hurricane Katrina as "the largest natural disaster in our nation's history": Experts agree that the destruction following the hurricane was caused by the collapse of the federally built and controlled levee system, which failed when confronted with the precise circumstance it was supposed to protect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

I wept uncontrollably at Mr. Serwer's lament about the U.S.'s dismal decade. The hopeful last paragraph raised my spirits, however, knowing that with so many trump cards on its side, the home of the brave and the land of the free will rise again to plunder the planet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/28/2009 | See Source »

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