February 7, 2008 edition


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COVER STORY:

War stories


Dr. Aaron Kuptsow was a 2nd Lt. Air Force navigator who specialized in a top-secret technology called radar when he was shot down over Germany. It was Nov. 26, 1944. He was 21.
Imagine being that young, suddenly in trouble over enemy territory, and knowing that before bailing out of the plane you had to smash the radar tubes in the craft to protect the technology.
That’s the bind Kuptsow was in. . . .

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Editorial:

Hurry up and wait

Leave it to a bunch of politicians to mess things up for democracy. Tuesday was supposed to be a "super" day for presidential politics, but, while the results were being tabulated as this newspaper was going to press, one thing is certain: A system in which voters in 24 states on both coasts and many in between go to the polls on the same day is fine for a general election, but it’s a lousy way to pick presidential nominees.

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