Word: absorbed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tanks are hull deep in the ground and bolstered with sandbags. Artillery pieces are deployed at the apex of each ! triangle, pre-aimed at "killing zones" created by flaming trenches and minefields. Defensive deployments like these are immobile; the officers learned in their war with Iran to hunker down, absorb attacks and fire back with artillery, often loaded with chemical shells...
...central question is not how much punishment the allies can inflict but how much the Iraqis are ready to absorb. Saddam claims that Iraq can accept large numbers of casualties but the U.S. cannot because public opinion will quickly turn against the war. His Foreign Minister, Tariq Aziz, told U.S. Secretary of State James Baker that Iraq could hold out for a year or even two. Both Iraqis have probably miscalculated again...
...three weeks. After that, it is our turn.' Saddam's effort will be on the land; he wants to have physical contact with the Americans where he can inflict big losses. His forces also will suffer big losses, but he feels he can absorb them and that Bush cannot...
...ground campaign was about to begin. Once it does start, the battle is expected to last four to eight weeks. And they could be very bloody weeks. Saddam's strategy has always been to exhaust his enemies in a ground campaign, betting that Iraq will be willing to absorb heavy casualties far longer than...
...Church's many gifts is his writing speed. "It's late in the week, news is breaking, correspondents are scrambling, and George has this ability to absorb enormous quantities of material," says World editor Jim Kelly. "He then puts it together in a way that readers can understand and enjoy." Moreover, Church's memory could shame an elephant. "He reads things once, including a correspondent's files, and remembers them damn near forever," a fellow writer, Ed Magnuson, complains cheerfully. While at a baseball game last summer, Magnuson asked Church if he could recall his first visit to a ball...