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...rays of the sun scraped over the icy mountains that marked the Pakistan border, the men had chosen one of the mountain bunkers as their cover for the daylight hours, says one of the troopers, who spoke to Time on condition of anonymity. He describes the decision as a "curious tactic," given that enemy fighters in the area might have been expected to know the bunker's location. It was the first hint, the trooper says, that on this patrol, the leader wasn't doing things entirely by the book...
There are also serious concerns about the number of books, both reserves and standard holdings, that will remain at Hilles. Currently, Hilles maintains reserves for all non-science courses, but some proposals scale back these offerings to non-science cores. Furthermore, it is curious as to why the College has decided to empty Hilles of most of its non-reserves books, when a large number of them could be shelved on the first floor in space-saving mobile stacks. Perhaps Hilles does not need to replicate Lamont, but Hilles should at least retain the most important services, such as reserves...
...will tell you it produces a lot of good Air Force pilots and a good lot of fiancés. The tiny town near the Alabama border feels authentically Southern: it's host to a regional bass-fishing tournament, and Tennessee Williams once called it home. So it is curious to discover that an ambitious global-defense contractor has established a beachhead here...
...without being overwrought. With the E Street Band on hiatus, Springsteen plays a majority of the instruments himself, and producer Brendan O'Brien highlights the intimacy by granting most songs a verse of acoustic guitar before carefully adding keyboards, fiddle, feathery drums and occasional background vocals. (For those curious about what the songs sound like without production, Devils is in the new DualDisc format: flip it over, and there's a DVD of Springsteen playing alone...
...more serious, action-oriented portions of the movie that are likely to confuse and alienate the average American. For one thing, the battle scenes—choreographed by Hong Kong legend Yuen Wo-Ping—are a curious mix of live-action fighting and intentionally over-the-top special effects...