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'It could have far-reaching implications for both defense and homeland security.'

* A RESEARCH SCIENTIST at Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National  in New Mexico, part of a team of scientists who claim that they have trained honeybees to sniff out and respond to traces of explosives. (Reuters)

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To make discontented.



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 40-something executive. I think I'm balding, but that's it.'

* BRIAN STELTER, a 21-year-old college student and creator of TVNewser, a blog that is read obsessively by the most powerful, executives in the television industry. (The New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
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'We are not winning, but we are not losing.'

* GEN. PETER PACE, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by law the highest ranking overall military officer of the United States military, and the principal military adviser to the President of the United States. , on the situation in Iraq. Late last month, President Bush called Pace's assessment "an interesting construct," at the same time declaring that "victory in Iraq is achievable." (The New York Times)
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Title Annotation:SOUNDBITES
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Date:Jan 15, 2007
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