Word: combat
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...give you amazing. How about the wild enthusiasm for the so-called reality TV shows. A producer of Survivor has just announced a new show called Combat Missions, in which the competitors go on life-threatening assignments but with "nonlethal weapons." Damn. Then there was surreality TV. On an immensely popular show called Crossing Over with John Edward, the host talks to the dead, unlike most of television, where the dead talk to us. Thank...
...field system, cultivating great fields of legumes to replenish the soil and increase our food supply. We have created the heavy iron plow, which can bite through the heavy earth of Northern Europe. We have even unleashed the mighty power of the horse, with a new stirrup for shock combat and a collar that enables horses to pull heavy weights without choking them to death...
...cheerleaders wore Santa Claus hats, miniskirts, fishnet tights and combat boots...
...Mederos said that giving responding officers this tool will help police combat hate crimes more effectively...
...Osprey is "more difficult and costly" to keep flying than the 30-year old helicopters it is designed to replace. In fact, it breaks down twice as often. More critically, it's not ready for military missions: It hasn't been approved for the vigorous maneuvers required in combat and lacks the required gun, and Marines can't rappel from it via ropes as required. It also has problems common to cheap cars if not $87 million aircraft: The doors are hard to open, endangering passengers and crew if they need to evacuate quickly; the heating and cooling system...