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Perez couldn't worry about the lousy intelligence that had got them into this mess. His job was to keep his men focused on their mission and to avoid using up all their ammunition. Mortar shells and machine-gun rounds were running short, but the roar of air strikes and the concussions of 2,000-lb. bombs in the mountains were good for morale. B-52 bombers, F-16 and F-18 fighter-bombers, and AC-130 and AH-64 gunships were pulverizing caves and crags. Perez's men set their M-4s to fire single shots instead of three...
Congress was moving quickly when it created the fund as part of the airline-bailout package on Sept. 21. The idea was not just to avoid the political nightmare of victims' families' getting eviction notices but also to keep the economy from buckling under the weight of potential litigation. Thus anyone who receives money from the fund must waive the right to sue the airlines or the government. For the sake of the claimants and the economy, it was resolved that the fund would move quickly, with an application deadline of December...
Before we avoid skyscrapers in case they are hit by hijacked airplanes, we should consider other risks and what we are doing to avoid them. About 4,000 people die by accidental drowning every year. That's more than died on 9/11. Rationality cannot tell us precisely what it's worth to avoid an unknowable risk. But rationality can compare risks and gently suggest that you should not worry about one risk if you are happily oblivious to another. In short, a more rational approach to protecting ourselves from terrorism may not be doing more about it, or doing something...
...jungle survival skills and police corruption. Now, after laying low for two years, he's tried his luck once more, snatching former Karnataka Minister Hanur Nagappa from his home on Aug. 25 and escaping the scene by hitching a ride in a bus. Authorities are desperate to avoid a repeat of his last score, when he made off with $6 million in ransom after kidnapping Indian film star Rajkumar. India's Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani has pledged troops and weapons from the central government, saying the Nagappa abduction would be 'the last chapter in Veerappan's long history...
...that since the venture market in Europe is far less mature than in the U.S., the Continent has a far greater share of these young funds in trouble. Meanwhile, captive funds - those that are owned by a single, usually financial, institution - are being pressured by their investors to avoid putting money in high-risk ventures and to cut back their staffs...