Word: droplets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iraq shipped toxins out by diplomatic pouch and handed them over to some cooperative terrorists, it might not be impossible. Iraq has also been tinkering with other methods. Before the Gulf War it had several hundred Italian-made pesticide dispensers fitted with spray nozzles for spitting out bioweapons in droplet size. In 1990 the Iraqis flight-tested a remote-controlled MiG-21 fighter mounted with a 2,200-liter belly tank and sprayer...
Think small. Now think smaller still. For in the lilliputian wonderland that scientists have begun to explore, a grain of rice looms as large as an asteroid, a droplet of water as wide as an inland...
...verdict is reached before a case goes to court, and access to courtrooms is restricted to those holding government-issued tickets. Hou Xiaotian, 27, Wang's wife, expresses the hopelessness shared by the detainees' friends and families when she says, "I feel tiny and weak, as insignificant as a droplet of water in the sea. When I call out on behalf of my husband, I hear not a sound in response...