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...huge bulldozer out of what was once a narrow alley. It leads to a place where gunmen and tanks forged a new, terrifying chapter in the long wars of the Middle East. The alley was just three feet wide before the Israeli army sent its heavily armored Caterpillar D-9 down what is now a rutted track; as you walk along it, up a mild gradient toward Hospital Street, your feet raise little puffs of dust from the rubble of what were once concrete homes. The path is covered with the litter of war--broken sea-green ceramic tiles...
...snagged a tripwire. Some of the bombs were huge--as much as 250 lbs. of explosives, compared with the 25 lbs. a typical suicide bomber uses. On Day 2 of the battle, when the town had been secured but the fight in the camp was just beginning, a huge Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer rolled along a three-quarter-mile stretch of the main street to clear booby traps. An Israeli engineering-corps officer logged 124 separate explosions set off by the vehicle. In the camp, the explosive charges were even more densely packed, and tunnels had been dug between houses...
...while to figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up," she says. Others take time off but maintain close connections to their former jobs, to ease their eventual re-entry into the working world--or simply to avoid going insane after reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar for the 2,000th time. A former saleswoman in the distribution department at the movie studio DreamWorks, Gioconda Mitas, 31, was the first of her work friends to have a baby, three years ago. Once a week, she dresses up and drives from suburban Granada Hills, Calif., to have lunch with...
...unlikely to make an outright political statement. Indeed, she hardly seems interested in making a fashion statement (though she lifts the hem of her brown slacks to show a stocking-free leg: Women Against Panty Hose, Unite!). Before 9/11 the First Lady was happiest reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar to kindergartners. She is no co-President but has become a part-time surrogate for her husband, appearing on 60 Minutes, three times with Larry King, addressing the National Press Club and giving the radio address on Nov. 17, while continuing to work hard for education. Kennedy says she's devoted...
...hand down a 200-ft. line before they are emptied in piles in front of an investigator, who sifts through them. The workers will do this for 10- and 12- and 18-hour shifts, kneeling and using their hands to dig, even though they stand next to the Caterpillar 345 Excavator, a $1.5 million, 185,000-lb. behemoth that can reach 105 ft. into...