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...June 10, 2002, Nowinski made his professional debut on “Monday Night Raw,” leaping out of the stands to toss sermonizing Briton William Regal a set of brass knuckles to aid him in his victory...
Musical audiences might be surprised by what they find swimming in a sea of poised musicians, polished brass instruments and quivering strings in the Harvard Pops Orchestra (HPO). The 60-member classical orchestra meets all-American baseball and old-school poetry in a scintillating new and creative musical adaptation this weekend called “Casey...
...with the torch had set alight a cache of ammunition. I got close enough to tell that the mound was mostly made up of artillery shells and rocket-propelled grenades. There were also chains of anti-aircraft shells, coiled up like a nest of brass pythons. Even though I was at least 150 feet away, the shock from the first blast knocked me off my feet. Lying on the ground with a mouthful of grass and sod, I watched as the earth erupted with shells and grenades, many of them flying off in random directions. The big artillery shells went...
...rushed her out to a nearby helicopter, Lynch squeezed the hand of an Army Ranger and said, "Don't let anyone leave me." All the while, planes outfitted with special communications gear circled overhead, allowing a video feed of the events to be broadcast to the military's top brass in Qatar, who were able to watch the rescue in real time...
Expectations aside, just how badly or well the war was objectively going was a matter of debate last week even among the Pentagon brass. Some U.S. officers in the field, who had to personally cope with the allied travails so far, were more anxious than certain commanders in the rear, who were focused on the campaign's overall progress. The latter group could point to a number of achievements, including the allies' near total command of the skies over Iraq, the securing of Iraq's southern oil fields and the advance of thousands of troops to within 50 miles...