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...lethal one-liners. Asked how he polices Bombay's gangland, he slams a clip into a confiscated Uzi submachine gun and growls, "A bullet for a bullet." When a group of burly officers begins to work over a pair of reluctant informers handcuffed to a fridge in the station house, he explains, "It's the only language they understand." But Sharma saves his best material to explicate why he does what he does. He leans back in his chair, assumes a deadeyed stare and snarls, "Criminals are filth." He thumbs his chest: "And I'm the cleaner...
...Listening to him talk, you gained an appreciation for country music, even if you didn’t particularly like country music,” said David J. Zimmer ’04, who is general manager of the station...
...million NASA Mars Exploration project, which is actually two separate rover missions. And around the same time, Japan's $132 million Nozomi orbiter will arrive to test the Martian atmosphere. Those price tags are modest, compared to the $100 billion price tag estimated for the International Space Station. But even so, why does the world need three missions carrying five craft to Mars? Surely the scientific community would lower its costs if it pooled money, brainpower and technology in a group effort. Alas, the glory of being the first to bring back data about life on Mars defies financial logic...
Wladyslaw Szpilman is playing a recital for Polish radio on Aug. 1, 1939. He continues as the first bombs of the invading Nazis rock the studio. He quits only when the station is knocked...
...system includes a radar station that detects, identifies and tracks targets in the sky and guides the PAC-3 missile to the target; a mobile control station with which ground forces monitor incoming missiles and fire the PAC-3; a launching station that holds 16 PAC-3 missiles...