Word: afghan
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...side, the CIA, FBI and even the FAA worked together -- agencies that "don't always get along," Waller notes. But U.S. authorities were also helped by a close relationship they've built up in recent years with Pakistani authorities, Shannon says. "We had many dealings with them during the Afghan war against the Russians," says Shannon...
...also scrambling to deal with the political and economic fallout from his unpopular and ill-advised campaign. Despite official denials, three Deputy Defense Ministers who had been openly critical of the Chechen war were reported to have been ousted by Yeltsin, including General Boris Gromov, the popular Afghan war veteran widely viewed as a strong contender for the post of Defense Minister. Yeltsin also sought to project the image that he was in command. ``I am in strict control of the Russian security structures, and I learn about the situation in Chechnya every day,'' he told reporters at a Kremlin...
...Russian parliament two weeks ago, everyone expected that his visit would be the political equivalent of a burning at the stake. His numerous critics were eager to toss a branch onto the fire that seemed about to consume the career of the 46-year- old paratroop veteran of the Afghan War who was promoted to Defense Minister three years ago. As the general who oversaw the final withdrawal of his country's army from eastern Germany last August -- an exercise most Russian soldiers still find humiliating -- Grachev has become the embodiment of every ailment besetting the once-mighty military. Communists...
...modern Disney cartoon feature is an adventure of the spirit -- a guided tour through eruptive emotions. The Little Mermaid plunged briskly into the growing pains of a creature that felt as isolated from the shimmering haut monde as any Afghan peasant or Harlem street kid. Beauty and the Beast took a stroll in the woods with a fellow who needed lessons in the civilizing power of love. The Aladdin carpet ride revealed a whole grownup world of pleasures and perils to a young thief who started out in search of only a quick spin with a pretty princess...
...focal point of the Elvis memorial in the bedroom of Eliot House resident Margot A. McAnaney '94 is the afghan of the Elvis Presley stamp hanging on the wall...