Word: airstrips
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...paratroopers took over an airstrip, preparing it for military operations --Iraqi forces abandoned Chamchamal as Kurds advanced --U.S. and Kurdish forces routed Islamic militants from villages...
McArthur River isn't much to look at from above ground--just a cluster of green, corrugated-metal buildings, a company lodge and an airstrip--but the mine is an industrial marvel. The rocks underground average 21% pure uranium, with pockets as concentrated as 80%, far richer than the typical 1% deposits at other mines. The ore at McArthur River is the richest in the world and is far too radioactive to handle conventionally; the miners extract it by remote control, using giant boring machines and scoop trams instead of pickaxes and shovels...
...nine in 10 Turks opposed a U.S.-led war against Iraq in a recent survey. SOLOMON ISLANDS Paradise Lost The remote islands of Tikopia and Anuta were devastated by Cyclone Zoe, but the extent of the damage was difficult to assess because the islands are isolated and lack an airstrip. Initial fears for the safety of the islands' population of 3,000 seemed unfounded when the first contact with Tikopia, by helicopter, discovered that all of the islanders had survived by sheltering in mountain caves. Regional leaders criticized the Solomon Islands government for its slow response to the calamity...
...hours later, at two a.m., the Colonel, his Chiclets and the rest of the outpost personnel are out on the Bamiyan airstrip for a resupply by parachute from a C-130 with A-10s providing air cover. And three hours after the eight pallets of supplies have been picked up and the drop zone policed, the Colonel is up again, at his desk, planning the Chiclets' next...
...There was a lot of sneaking around with cameras and doing things undercover.” For example, he says, for the filming on Mt. Hood in Oregon, their crew—Gephart, Murphy, seven skiers, and a still photographer—camped for a week on an abandoned airstrip and used the facilities of a nearby lodge to shower. Though he worked for free, Gephart received various ski gear from the company’s sponsors. “It’s a pretty ideal lifestyle,” Gephart said enthusiastically...