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...missiles in Alaska and California and interceptor missiles aboard Navy warships. Since 2001, the Pentagon has shot down 34 out of 42 test missiles it has targeted. Critics contend the tests don't replicate real-world conditions, because the timing and trajectory of the target "incoming" missiles are known beforehand to those trying to shoot them down. These test "attacking" missiles also don't deploy accompanying decoys designed to confuse any interceptors. Pentagon officials say today's system is needed because rogue states might develop their missiles in secret, and fire them at the U.S. without testing. Each of those...
...line.After sinking the first free throw, Hallion missed the second, but senior Adrian Budischak was there to grab the offensive rebound. And after making her two free throws to go up by four, Harvard had guaranteed that Saturday’s showdown with Cornell was not ruined beforehand. “It was a tough battle,” said Finelli, who had a double-double, finishing the game with 12 points and 10 boards. “It came down to the physical play and toughness. Columbia came out fighting and it really just came down to defense...
...freeze”—and rock out together. Following the style of a similar event in New York City last summer called the “Mp3 Experiment,” this venture requested that all participants visit the group’s Web site beforehand, download the MP3, synchronize their watches, and show up Saturday afternoon ready to get down. Ondi Gottesman, who graduated from Brandeis University last year, provided the vocals on the mysterious dance track and helped to organize the event, hoping to up the cool-factor of Boston student activities. “This...
...Bush simply gussied up some of the same old bromides--"The socialist paradise is a tropical gulag"--that have marked U.S.-Cuban relations for decades. Bush reiterated his hard stance against lifting the 45-year-old U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, and Fidel Castro was predictable as well, writing beforehand that Bush's speech reflected the U.S.'s desire to "reconquer" Cuba...
Does the drama that unfolds onstage continue offstage? -Memi Sofer, Be'er Sheva, IsraelMany times the atmosphere in the studio is very tense. A candidate will come in and not have much to say beforehand. Many times, when we go to a break, nothing is said. It depends on the guest...