Word: awol
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...anyone who says that nothing can be done to speed a secure peace doesn't understand America." Yeah, but America is a less disciplined place than it was 50 years ago, and speeding a secure peace requires some focus from a country-and an Administration-that is largely awol on Iraq. Webb is consumed by the war, in part because his son Jimmy is a Marine lance corporal deployed in Ramadi, in al-Anbar province, the heart of the Sunni insurgency. He has worn Jimmy's combat boots every step of the way in this campaign, and last week...
...week ago, Europe appeared on the verge of going AWOL in a moment of need. When did you realize Italy had to take the lead on Lebanon...
...Lawrence House a year ago, leaving behind his checkbook and credit cards but no note for his family. Police assume that he is alive and getting his Social Security checks at a new address. Under the Federal Privacy Act, Social Security officials are not allowed to divulge information on AWOL oldsters...
...there is to be no electronic interference with true belief. Grandpa is a blind veteran of various Israeli wars and keeps a loaded gun handy in case the enemy decides to storm their apartment. Mom (the divine Norma Aleandro) desperately pretends that everyone is normal, and Dad is simply AWOL...
...alarm response from local firefighters had tamed the blaze, the press box had suffered irreparable damage.An 18-year-old Arlington, Mass. man was arrested in connection with the crime. The Crimson reported in September 1981 that it was “rumored” that the man was AWOL from the U.S. Navy and had been whisked back by his superiors after he admitted to starting the fire.‘PHOENIX OF A PRESS BOX’Reactions following the loss of the venerable press box were mixed, especially among those who knew it best. Though The Crimson called...