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...digital readout or is made of something crucial to the success of the space station. Or both; Panasonic is advertising a tiny hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) device, a little brother to the satellite navigation system developed for the military and now used in aircraft and yachts. This astonishing dingus will consult the stars (satellites, actually) and tell you, on land, in the air or at sea, how lost you are. Cheap...
...cross all the lanes to your right. Accelerating frantically to pass the other two lines of traffic entering the tunnel along with you, the adrenalin of speed cases away your concerns for straying pedestrians, especially those you might encounter next to the Hemenway Gym. The semblance of a solo aircraft pilot taking off as you push up the hill onto Massachusetts Avenue quickly disappears as your lungs alert you to the most deadly nemesis known to a Cantabridgian Car Conductor, the Big Belching...
...thousands of Bosnians to flight can be undone -- and can be prevented from happening again. Wohlstetter and others contend that Washington has been too quick to abandon its option of "lift and strike" -- lift the arms embargo against the Bosnian Muslims and strike at mainly Serbian heavy weapons with aircraft and limited ground forces. But it may be too late for that, with Sarajevo on the verge of defeat. In any case, the lift option is vehemently opposed by all of Europe except Germany...
...city's agony has moved the U.S. to dispatch 30 military aircraft, including A-10 attack planes and helicopter gunships, to Aviano Air Base in Italy. Without being specific, a Pentagon spokesman said the deployment gives NATO the muscle to take action in Bosnia to protect U.N. forces struggling to deliver humanitarian aid "if the U.N. gives the signal." The allies, he said, are agreed on the mechanism and procedures, and the targets have been selected. "We know how to do the job," said the official. "The ball's in Boutros-Ghali's court...
...reporter Julie Grace and photo researcher Mary Thompson were monitoring developments and keeping the members of TIME's team in contact with one another. Perhaps the most dramatic contribution of all came from photographer Liss, a pilot. Ignoring the misgivings of police at the airport, he flew a small aircraft through a thunderstorm from Des Moines to Jefferson City, Missouri, to take the photo that graces this week's cover...