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...worried about going on a ride, or if something about plunging headlong through space protected only by a steel cage strikes you as unnatural, you're certainly not alone - stick to the cotton candy. And if you've got kids who are determined to climb aboard a ride that gives you the willies, do your homework. Check the park's safety records and the incident reports (which parks are required to file in case of accidents that require first aid). Smell the breath of the kid operating the ride. Kick the proverbial tires (for in only a few rides, like...
...sensitive observations ever of the cosmic background radiation. Supernova watchers, meanwhile, are lobbying NASA for a dedicated telescope so they won't have to queue up for time on the badly oversubscribed Hubble. And lower-tech telescopes and microwave detectors, both on the ground and lofted into the air aboard balloons, will continue to refine their measurements...
...that has city authorities extremely worried, particularly in light of the difficulties in policing its narrow streets. They reportedly considered holding the summit on a ship in the bay, but later decided that would be a colossal humiliation. Still, they're planning to billet the heads of state aboard ships, from where they can be flown to the summit venue, and to create a "ring of steel" around the city in the hope that by shutting it off to the outside world they can keep out the malcontents...
...against European resistance in Munich last February, when it insisted it would go ahead no matter what. And it has pursued that advantage by furiously repackaging the missile-defense concept as a collaborative venture, inviting Russia and E.U. members to be founding partners. No one has agreed to come aboard, but the Administration is convinced European objections will evaporate if the U.S. can get Russia to do so. "The bottom line for [Europe] is, Don't put us in the middle of a fight between you and the Russians," says a senior State Department official. And so all eyes...
...fistfights broke out. The revelers snapped the electric lines that powered trolley busses and tried to climb aboard police cars...