Word: cobra
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strictly military terms, the venture is not especially daring or dangerous. First to go in will be 1,800 Marines from an amphibious task force that was diverted to the Somali coast two weeks ago. They are equipped for action and backed by two dozen Cobra attack helicopters. Somalia has no planes or helicopters in flying condition, so the U.S. will control the air. Once those units take over the airport in the capital of Mogadishu, they will be joined by 16,000 more Marines, 10,000 Army infantry troops and at least 5,000 soldiers from France, Canada...
...least initially, Clinton also confronted the ominous silence of Governor Mario Cuomo, who professed neutrality the way a cobra claims no interest in a passing mouse. Clinton, after all, called Cuomo a "mean son of a bitch" in the now famous taped telephone conversation with Gennifer Flowers. Cuomo is a man who holds a grudge, and it was no surprise when he and Brown had their picture taken together nine critical days before he met with Clinton. After meeting Clinton in Albany at week's end, however, Cuomo not only said their differences had been buried but paired glowing praise...
...American sports-car buffs, the past 30 years has been one long slide into the molasses of 55-m.p.h. speed limits, fuel-economy ratings and safety requirements. They lived on memories of cars like the Shelby Cobra, the Ford muscle car that put American hot rodders on the map in 1965 when it blew past Ferraris and Porsches to win the World Manufacturing Championship...
...limited-edition coupe hits the streets (only 300 will be produced this year). The Viper grew from a 1989 challenge issued by Chrysler president Bob Lutz to design chief Tom Gale and engineering director Francois Castaing: develop a classic sports car that could match the machines of old. Legendary Cobra designer Carroll Shelby, now a Chrysler consultant, was brought in to be "the conscience" of the Viper. "We set out to make a car that was just as brutal as the original Cobra," says Gale, "and we made it even better...
Michael's writing, and the group as a whole is never better than on "This Street, that Man, this Life," which begins "This street holds its secrets/ like a cobra holds its kill," and works through the darkness of the scene to "This life has its victories/ but its defeats tear so visciously./ This life holds its secrets/ like the sea." The Junkies have always known some of those secrets, and on Black Eyed Man, they have finally given them a voice...