Word: caving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fingers." Slotters square off with their machines, tensing their facial muscles as they urgently press buttons and pull handles. "Everyone acts like he is about to be run over by a truck," observes writer Barbara Griffing of New York City. "You sense that the whole world is going to cave in if they don't get those points...
Though Thom took a lot of teasing about his paramilitary pursuits, he fascinated some kids at Mariposa County High School with tales about a secret cave called Havoc, where he claimed to have stored a cache of weapons. Thom could identify knives and guns with uncanny precision, and his military obsession gave rise to a nickname, "G.I. Jenkins." Another was "Indiana Jenkins," since Thom often sported a hat like Indiana Jones' in Raiders of the Lost Ark, his favorite movie. Says his cousin Ed Jenkins: "He was always a dreamer, dreaming of exciting places." His high school yearbook announced, "Expect...
...light and intense detail to create scenes of drama and motion. Perhaps the best example of this style is the famous etching of Christ Healing the Sick, also known as the Hundred Guilder Print. In this intricate print Christ stands in the middle of a dark cave, illuminating the poor Christians who have gathered around him to receive relief from their pain. Rembrandt depicts the sick in impressive detail, from the emotions on their faces to the folds of their turbans...
Brown, a graduate student, and Fowler, an undergrad, were forced to dig a shallow cave in the snow, after initial attempts to shield themselves from the severe weather failed...
Through a Western prism, Saddam's behavior appears insane: How could a man facing certain defeat and quite possibly his own annihilation choose war? Three answers are possible. One is that Saddam believes his enemies will cave in. He has said as much on innumerable occasions, and he still "seems to believe that we lack the will," says a Bush Administration expert on the Middle East. Another possibility is that Saddam honestly believes he can win. "The Americans will come here to perform acrobatics like Rambo movies," Saddam declared last Friday. "But they will find here real people to fight...