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...explanations of how they were not human shields to be used in a war but a prevention against danger. "Your presence here," he told the captives, "is meant to avoid war. You are not hostages." For all the piety, he occasionally lapsed into the malign, warning that Iraq would "destroy any aggressor." After 45 minutes of playing Mr. Nice Guy, Saddam departed with a wish that he could have stayed for lunch...
...doubt in voters' minds about his opponent's integrity, the linchpin of Chiles' campaign. In response, Chiles crashed a Nelson press conference in Tallahassee last month and angrily accused his opponent of smear tactics. "If you've decided you want to be Governor so bad you've got to destroy my character, , then I feel sorry for you," Chiles said, at one point jabbing his finger toward Nelson...
...Cadillac Desert, an examination of Western water, notes that the delta is sinking by as much as 7.6 cm (3 in.) a year, leaving the area, much of it already below sea level, ever more vulnerable to seawater intrusion. A major earthquake on the nearby Hayward fault could destroy the levees that protect this crucial water supply. "It's a fragile, fragile system," says Reisner, "ludicrously so since 19 million people depend...
...acres) have been bulldozed so far, in preparation for installing a 25-MW, 12-well plant (only one well has been drilled). Even the most grandiose plan, which would generate 500 MW of electricity, would require only 142 hectares (350 acres). And while that would necessarily destroy some native plants and animals, at least one team of scientists from the University of Hawaii has concluded that Wao Kele O Puna has long since ceased to be pristine. Invaded by pigs, cats, mongooses and exotic plants brought to Hawaii in waves of immigration over hundreds of years, the forest is considered...
Since February, Star Wars research has focused on an innovation called Brilliant Pebbles -- thousands of small, independently controlled satellites designed to home in on and destroy enemy nuclear warheads. "The technology is at hand" to deploy a Brilliant Pebbles system, General George Monahan, then SDI director, assured Congress. The Pentagon contends that 4,614 Brilliant Pebbles could be put into orbit for $55 billion, vs. $69 billion for previous schemes...