Word: splintered
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...Much of the book draws from Hill's own experience and also contains theological arguments supporting the use of lethal force to prevent abortions. The manuscript has not been submitted to publishers but Hill's backers, for the most part pastors who lead small congregations or splinter groups on the extreme edge of the anti-abortion movement, promised him it would be published in one form or another. Whether there is anyone willing to actually kill, then die for their crimes, as Hill was, is another matter...
...phone call informing him that a number of civilians had been killed. That was an understatement. Twenty-nine people died in the Omagh atrocity, the most deadly incident in more than 30 years of the Troubles. This month McKevitt was convicted of directing the Real I.R.A., a republican splinter group, and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The case was the first prosecution for directing terrorism, a new offense introduced after the Omagh bombing. By jailing McKevitt, Irish authorities finally caught up with the man who led the Omagh bombers. But those who made and delivered that bomb have never...
...Wishi Washi, where you clean virtual windows and score points for washing speed and thoroughness. (An unlikely premise, but then no one expected the Sims to be a hit either.) The whole package retails around €60. Eventually, Sony plans to merge the technology with other PS2 franchises, like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid. In the meantime, that nasty karate master is coming straight at me: a kick to the groin should do the trick. A Foggy Idea It's guaranteed to leave car thieves mist-ified. SecuFog, the latest auto-security device from Germany, is a small metal...
...curtain rises on the twilight of the boyhood idols: in October 2001. Williams, "the Splendid Splinter," was on his deathbed in Florida. Pesky and DiMaggio, both in their 80s, embarked on a 1,300-mile car trip to visit him. Halberstam braids together the story of their road trip--that other great American pastime--with an account of their bittersweet seasons as Red Sox. Though they played as a foursome from 1942 to 1951, minus a few years for World War II, they never won a World Series, and in 1949 they lost the pennant to the New York Yankees...
...troops stay in Iraq, even for the shortest of postwar periods, Americans will be perceived by the world as empire builders, and our actions in Iraq may spawn a thousand Osama bin Ladens who will visit devastation upon our land. If we leave Iraq, it will splinter into a thousand mini-kingdoms of quarreling power grabbers who may ignite a larger war. We can't go, and we can't stay. BOB KETLER Bethlehem, Conn...