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Nevada officials hope to zap the marauding insects, known as Mormon crickets because of a severe infestation near Salt Lake City in the 1800s, before they march. Aerial spraying and a toxic bait will be used. But no one is confident of turning back the invasion. Concedes Robert Gronowski, a director of Nevada's anti-cricket strategy: "You can't kill them...
...unlike the stay-at-homes, moviegoers who pay cash at the box office are captives, without a speedup button to zap the obnoxious spots. Many are starting to rebel, and hoots and howls are common when commercials flash onto screens in New York City, where ticket prices run as high...
...future spills. In the wake of Washington's defense-procurement scandals, Boeing beefed up its ethics committee. "It's a no-nonsense program," says committee head Malcolm Stamper, an aerospace veteran. "There's no winking. If we find out that a program official is obtaining marketing information improperly, we zap...
Boom. Boyce is up the ice. Boom. He is back down it. Zip. Zap. "Boyce is one of the best all-around players in the league," UVM Coach Mike Gilligan says. "He can play both sides of the ice so well...
Most people think it's great that we can zap transmissions across the globe and tell time from the watches of Soviet citizens, but these capabilities don't make them excited about space itself. People may find the end-results of satellite technology--such as additional TV stations--exciting, but they aren't really interested in how the signal reached them. The idea that we depend on space for these innovations is lost...