Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look at the battlefield and see the museum. It was the turning point of the war. The Civil War," he said...
...detect the kind of chemical danger Tuite believes exists at very low levels. At least some in the Army apparently agree, because chemical detectors used by Army workers who handle the poisons are calibrated to detect far smaller doses of chemical weapons than those used by troops on the battlefield...
...what had been acceptable trace levels of chemical agents in the battlefield are found to be harmful, the U.S. military will have to revamp the way it protects its forces against even those tiny amounts. It would be particularly tragic if the symptoms are ultimately linked to Kamisiyah or fallout from the allied bombing; that would mean that not only did "friendly fire" account for nearly 25% of the Pentagon's 146 battlefield deaths, but also that successful allied actions were responsible for the war's most persistent and haunting pain...
...whole nation barking Hollywood retorts--creepy but all too useful. In the daily battlefield of misunderstandings and impatient busyness, such locutions as Don't go there, In your dreams and What part of no don't you understand? are Nerf-like weaponry: When you're blind with anger or exasperation, you grab the nearest item of modular meanness. Of course, not all coolster coinages are overtly fightin' words. Indeed, some affect affectlessness: Same old, same old; Blah blah blah; Yadda yadda yadda. But given the right nuances, indifference can pack a wallop: Yadda will outsnide blah, for instance but wither...
...century's greatest politicians. Many were prepared to write his political obituary after the Gingrich Revolution. But Clinton has handled himself with grace and dignity despite constant criticism during his tenure as President. He is proof that character can be shaped not only on a wartime battlefield but in political wars as well. BETH E. CECIL Fort Pierce, Florida...