Seventeen years ago Tom Clancy was an obscure Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history and only a letter to the editor and a brief article on the MX missile to his credit. Years before he had been an English major at Baltimores Loyola College and had always dreamed of writing a novel. His first effort, The Hunt for Red Octoberthe story of a Russian submarine captain who defects to the United Statessold briskly as a result of rave reviews, then catapulted onto the New York Times bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it the perfect yarn and non-put-downable. Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism and authenticity, intricate plotting, and razor-sharp suspense.
The Russian meteorite ___.
:-) came as a surprise
Experts say that comets and asteroids could ___.
:-) put an end to all plant and animal life on Earth
On the same day as the meteorite exploded over Chelyabinsk, ___.
:-) there was another, unrelated, asteroid event
The damage caused by the Russian meteorite ___.
:-) could have been much worse
Earth has been relatively safe thanks to ___.
:-) luck and the protective force of another planet from our solar system
Scientists say ___.
:-) we are not in any danger for the moment
The Siberian meteorite ___.
:-) damaged trees when it exploded
A small asteroid ___.
:-) can still cause a lot of damage
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