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Although the primary appeal of OAR seems to be thematic, their talent as musicians cannot and should not be overlooked. OAR has a fresh sound that is a unique blend of rock and reggae, mixing rasta rhythms with driving rock riffs. They combine standard instrumentation—drums, electric guitars and bass—with bits of vocal scat like “skittleedat dat dat, well how ‘bout that?” which augment a strong lyrical use of rhyme and alliteration. They also have a saxophone to inject a little bit of jazz into...
...swim suit - hardly useful attire for covering a war in a desert when the nights are turning cold and sharp. There's ice on the pomegranate trees. So I went out and bought one of these heavy woolen shawls in the bazaar. Good camoflague, too. I thought I'd blend right in. But instead of looking noble and chic the way these Afghan warriors do, I just feel like I'm shambling around in my bed covers...
...take that function over." Mesa's Ornstein counters, "The industry shouldn't be complaining about screeners - it should be moving towards airlines creating their own corps of flight security officers." The major carriers say they're waiting for federal air marshals. In the meantime, Mesa's security people will blend in with other passengers: they won't be in uniform and they won't identify themselves...
...armed fighters are an alliance in name only. Real control lies with a shifting patchwork of power-hungry warlords, guerrilla warriors and ethnic leaders who came together in the 1980s to fight the Soviet occupation. They make an uneasy blend of minority ethnic groups--Tajik, Uzbek, Hazara--in a predominantly Pashtun country, and include Shi'ite Muslims, despised by the majority Sunnis. As soon as they brought down the Soviet puppet ruler, alliance leaders turned on one another and viciously fought in bloody civil strife. The cosmopolitan capital, once known for its beautiful gardens and monuments, was reduced to rubble...
...Soviets here. They are distinguishable from civilians only by their guns. Their bases are equally hard for the untrained eye to discern. In the high mountains, their tiny fire points, or sangar, resemble little more than piles of rocks. In the peaceful-seeming villages of the plains, military bases blend in with the surrounding houses. Look through the narrow entrances of the high-walled compounds, many built to resemble fortresses, and you never know what you will find--a flower garden or a mortar emplacement. This is a land built for defense--against bandits, lawlessness and foreign invaders. We outsiders...