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...gonna be summer camp. PT (physical training) will still nearly kill me, and the verbal abuse just might finish the job. Smoking, by the way, is not allowed. (That's a new one for Army life, but good - getting the Camel off my back is part of what I volunteered for.) Nine weeks from now I'll be what John Candy signed up to be - a lean, mean, fighting machine - unless they've dropped that part of it too, along with the free socks. Some things never change, though: I leave the home front tear-stained, and with orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's in the Army Now. Well, Almost... | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

Gates had many unusual experiences over the yearlong filming of the series, including riding a camel through the Sahara desert with Tuareg nomads and hoisting himself up a rock face to reach the oldest church in Ethiopia...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gates to Host Innovative New PBS Series on African History | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...sure am. I've already got the last line of the third volume written in my head. There in the distance like those palm trees at the far end of the Sahara, and I'm floggin' my camel...

Author: By Christina B. Roseberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reagan's | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

Last year, the tobacco industry agreed to stop advertising in sports stadiums and restrict the use of cartoon characters--such as the infamous Joe Camel--in advertising...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson and Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Manipulation or Consumer Education? | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

...will have no choice but to yield on the issue. Arafat's charm offensive "has so far worked well," says Beyer. It succeeded in getting Clinton to visit Gaza last year with nearly all the trappings of a state visit. Palestinians leaders believe the trip may have put the camel's nose in the tent, and Arafat now wants to do his best to keep it there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Arafat Goes to Washington | 2/3/1999 | See Source »

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