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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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lchic - 04:34am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11896 of 11903)
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SARS

In China the civet cat is a delicacy - and may have caused Sars

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sars/story/0,13036,962744,00.html

lchic - 04:36am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11897 of 11903)
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Civet is one of the main ingredients in the exotic wildlife dish "dragon-tiger-phoenix soup", for which wealthy Chinese in Guangdong province will pay large sums.

The soup is flavoured with chrysanthemum petals and includes shreds of civet cat and snake.

fredmoore - 07:16am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11898 of 11903)

Loonster ...

Old China proverb: If its back points to the sun and it walks on all fours sixes or eights, you may eat it.

Morals: Never play leapfrog in China.

........Beware the Crypto.

lchic - 07:25am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11899 of 11903)
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http://www.tigernt.com/cgi-bin/ecdict.cgi

lchic - 07:31am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11900 of 11903)
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Showalter i was re-reading your last 2postings here:

<a href="/webin/WebX?14@13.bIkVbn4FaLJ.1624354@.f28e622/13513">rshow55 5/23/03 5:31pm</a>

lchic - 07:33am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11901 of 11903)
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here:

http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.bIkVbn4FaLJ.1624354@.f28e622/13514

lchic - 07:37am May 24, 2003 EST (# 11902 of 11903)
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and uniquely here:

http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.bIkVbn4FaLJ.1624354@.f28e622/13513

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