Mr Blix accepts that the military force built up to pressure Iraq into admitting the inspectors, once at full strength, could not be held indefinitely through the summer heat.

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And so for the first time in its history, the United States built up a big peacetime military force and a private-sector industry to equip it.

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Moreover, custom-built apps for therapy and science education are cropping up, with the existing prototype utilizing a trio of force-sensitive resistors that measure pressure and convert it into a signal that instructs the tablet.

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