Word: basic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prime source for the original story, never mentioned sarin or defectors in an after-action briefing he gave. Retired Captain Michael Rose, the Tailwind medic, told Pentagon investigators that he had no doubt the fumes he inhaled were tear gas, just like the whiffs he got in basic training. "It's like skunk," he said. "Once you smell it, you never forget." And, the Pentagon said, two ex-service members that the original report said had scouted the enemy camp before the attack were in fact never in Laos...
...past two weeks look like the bad old days as Northern Ireland lapsed into a spasm of violence and madness. Angry members of the Orange Order chose Drumcree to confront the police and British troops barring their march down Garvaghy Road. They said they were merely claiming their basic civil right to walk the Queen's highway, but they fear that if their marching stops, they will lose their dominion over the six counties of the North. The sensible among them called for keeping the protest peaceful, but each night, gangs of Protestant youths resorted to violence as hundreds...
...success in the 1990s, the mid-priced, compact Saturns were sold with a revolutionary no-pressure style of salesmanship. Saturn has won high praise for winning consumers away from the likes of popular Toyota and Honda. Trouble is, corporate infighting over resources has prevented GM from upgrading Saturn's basic design or adding a new model since the station wagon was introduced in 1992. Worse yet, other GM divisions pump out small cars to compete with Saturn...
During his junior year, he said he was ateaching fellow in a physics class and that thelaboratory lacked basic equipment such asbatteries...
...people descended upon the city for the Fourth of July festivities. Washington, D.C., is a city of contradictions, and its citizens are no different. While celebrating the democratic ideals of liberty and justice for all, the celebration itself was much more akin to a Darwinian struggle for the basic necessities of life...