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...natural political entity. "The fear is that in the absence of any other battles, they will turn these arms against themselves," says Macuei, the county chairman. In Rumbek, those concerns can wait: what the locals want right now is aid. The World Food Program is fencing off the airstrip, so that planes bearing essential supplies aren't threatened by cows and goats, and building an office and housing complex - with brick this time, not canvas. Says Andrew Gremley, the project's architect: "Permanence is a sign of confidence." And that's something southern Sudan desperately needs...
Operating on intelligence more reliable than the sheik's tip, members of Task Force 20, the military's special-operations unit charged with nabbing high-value targets in Iraq, quietly descended on an airstrip near Mosul last Wednesday--backed by MC-130 combat Talon planes, modified humvees and so-called little-bird attack helicopters--to prepare for a potential assault. A battalion from the 101st Airborne Division, based in Sinjar, was on alert to seal off escape routes leading to the Syrian border. But that day Saddam was not to be found. "We shoot a lot of dry holes...
...manifesto and one of the most influential discs of the '90s. On classics like Flower, Phair used her low, wry voice to bridge Gloria Steinem and Candace Bushnell and capture the dynamics of being a thinking woman who likes sex. Guyville didn't sell much, but it cleared an airstrip for everyone from Alanis Morissette to Lauryn Hill and created a Phair cult that exists to this...
...obituary: Exile in Guyville. The 1993 album was the definitive feminist- indie-rock manifesto; on classics like Flower, Phair used her low, wry voice to capture the dynamics of being a thinking woman who likes sex. Guyville didn't sell much, but it cleared an airstrip for everyone from Alanis Morissette to Lauryn Hill and created a Phair cult that exists to this day. Actually, the expiration date on the cult could have passed last week, when Phair's self-titled fourth album hit stores. "This is a pop record, dammit. I make no apologies," says Phair...
...paratoopers took over an airstrip, preparing it for military operations...