41.   Mines were responsible for more than one-fourth of U.S. battlefield deaths in Vietnam.

42.   Most mines today use simple mechanical fuses, but mines already are available that contain sophisticated electronic fuses that make them far more hazardous to find and remove.

43.   Mines are one of the hazards facing US special operations teams, which have been operating in Afghanistan for two weeks.

44.   Mines are small explosive devices usually buried underground and rigged to explode when pressure is applied from above.

45.   Mines like Yanacocha are also good for the Latin American companies that form partnerships with foreign companies.

46.   My own children have blood diseases, and the mines are in a state of dangerous disrepair.

47.   Not that mine is the only field thus imperiled.

48.   Officials in Vientiane say the mine is also likely to encourage other development in the area.

49.   Once the mines are located, they can be destroyed at once or their exact position noted so they can be dealt with later.

50.   Of all the instruments of terror used on the battlefield, mines are the most inhumane.