Areas sprayed with Agent Orange show a much higher incidence of the serious health problems previously discussed. For example, the town of Ben Tre has 140,000 residents; the Red Cross estimates that 58,000 of them have suffered adverse health effects because of Agent Orange [source: Hitchens]...
How Can Navy Stop Sexual Assaults? First, Admit They Happen, Admiral SaysTwo to three sexual assaults were reported daily in the Navy in2010, and alcohol was a key...By MulrineAnna
At some point, an economy discovers that adding debt doesn’t add much energy supply; instead, it simply leads to inflation (and, indirectly, higher interest rates to compensate for this inflation). Also, for governments, the interest on debt becomes a greater and greater burden. The US go...
Unfortunately, this design, which provides a greater area to reflect energy, makes the ship much easier to detect on enemy radar. To overcome this problem, the DDG 1000 will integrate its communications hardware directly in the deckhouse "skin," which will be made with rugged, lightweight ...
“If you had no records — I mean, it’s preposterous — then you couldn’t have the kind of accountability that is predicated on the existence of such records to enable the public to have access to this much-needed information,” she said. “It’s ...
The largest deluxe bag systems are capable of lifting as much as 70 tons 20 inches off the ground at full inflation [source: Simplex]. In addition to the lifters, shoring equipment is necessary to make sure the passageways the teams create are stable and safe to travel into. Traditional ...
A floor plan showing every single room would take too much space. Next comes the street name. This is pretty straightforward: It consists of either a complete street name followed by a directional suffix ("avenue N") or just the direction followed by the whole road ("north avenue"). ...
Hampshire’s book explains much and covers a broad spectrum as he not only explains the Royal Navy’s (RN) dimension of the Cold War but how it also struggled to thrive instead of survive within the United Kingdom’s armed forces. The Royal Air Force (RAF) failing in its commitment to...
De Ruyter’s fleet of 80 warships carrying 4,000 soldiers arrives at the mouth of the Thames on June 6, 1667. They are unopposed since Charles has unwisely laid up much of his fleet as an economy measure; he believes a peace is close. The best the English c...
Ross's desire to make a living in the world of theater led him to study performance at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Although he didn't write the "One Man 'Star Wars' Trilogy" until much later, the idea for the show began to form while he was still in coll...