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...patrol leader disputes this account. His first priority, he says, was to move the radio to safety. Its weight, and its antenna and trailing cables, made it impossible to pick up the rifle. As for claims that he pushed the scout, "That just didn't happen." Nor did he order the scout to brave a hail of bullets. Instead, the young trooper was told to "retrieve my rifle, which was approximately 5 m away, when he could," and "he carried out this task during a lull in fire...
...antelope dashed off, I briefly awakened to my real environment, but in no time the satellite beamed me up again. I was back in the ether with the Gloved One, orbiting America without touching it--until I got to Rawlins, Wyo., where the antenna on my roof blew off. When I couldn't fix the suction cup that held it there, I tuned in to local AM radio. A voice--a low, male, unhurried Western voice--was describing a school lunch menu for the week. "Chicken-fried steak," the voice said, "and green beans." The words were astonishing. Startling...
...does not, however, act as a device of abject barbarism. Camera phone users feel free to take a photograph wherever and whenever they please. I am forced to consolidate my phone usage to quiet corners with high ceilings; otherwise, the antenna might not fit and I wouldn’t be able to hear. Which is to say, I am a very polite and conscientious cell phone user. I mind my business. Why can?...
...fine antenna for the political mood were all you needed to create a successful consumer brand, Tawfik Mathlouti would be a happy man by now. Mathlouti is a French Muslim lawyer who vigorously opposes U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and believes the world should protest it by boycotting American products. In the fall of 2002, he began marketing Mecca-Cola, a distinctly non-American imitation of Coca-Cola, in France, Britain and elsewhere in Europe...
WHAT'S NOT It's pricey, especially given that a new generation of home theaters and stereos due in the next few months will need only a $50 antenna to pick...