Word: blasting
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...before the U.S. election and had hoped to prompt candidate commitments to protect civilian lives: "That is what we'd most like, and that was our goal in getting this out." In Iraq, meanwhile, it was business at usual: at least seven people died in a Baghdad car-bomb blast on Saturday, and the hostage ranks continued to swell...
...prevent the looting and chaos that wracked Baghdad after the U.S. invasion last spring. Bremer later scrambled to amend his remarks, contending that whatever the shortfalls last spring, the U.S. now had sufficient numbers in Iraq. But his comments emboldened critics like Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry who blast the Administration for mismanaging the war, and added to nervousness about the military's high-stakes offensive to seize control of the Sunni triangle from the insurgents in time for nationwide elections in January. U.S. officials say that as part of the strategy, the interim Iraqi government will...
...this World War II fighting game, the secret to success lies in strategy and planning. Choose your three-person squad from a variety of troop types ranging from sniper to engineer. Then blast your way through doors, blow up tankers and scramble across open fields. You decide when to fire machine guns, throw grenades or sneak past the enemy. This intense, action-packed game will give you a very sore trigger finger...
...opening frame of the extra session the two sides traded field goals of more than 40 yards, including a blast from 42 yards out by Penn kicker Evan Nolan, who had been benched before the game for being, well, terrible at kicking...
DIED. JEAN RUTH HAY, 87, the world's first global disk jockey, who woke millions of American troops during World War II with her plucky Reveille with Beverly program; in Fortuna, Calif. Instead of a bugler's blast, soldiers were greeted with big-band music and Hay's signature line, "Hi there, boys of the U.S.A...