Word: daylight
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...terms on which U.S. forces would remain in Iraq. More immediately, however, the toll of U.S. and Iraqi casualties continues to escalate sharply. January had the second-highest casualty total since the fall of Baghdad last year, and February's death toll reached 237 last weekend. The brazen daylight raid by insurgents on a police station and two other facilities in Fallujah last Saturday graphically underscored doubts over the ability of the Iraqi security forces to take over most of the garrison duties currently being performed by U.S. forces...
...reportedly so named by early settlers, who were rattled by its ferocity and the ungodly sounds of its squabbles over food. Few ever get this close to the stocky, dog-like creature, which scavenges by night, cleaning the bush and farmlands of dead and dying animals, then retreating with daylight to dens among the ferns and heath. But the animal settlers once feared is now one of Tasmania?s favorite symbols, adorning souvenir key rings and sports-club logos. Unlike the extinct thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, devils survived decades of now-banned hunting, and are still considered common. But perhaps...
...truly been for the liberation of the Iraqi people, as Bush claimed, he would have been enthusiastically welcomed by cheering multitudes of Iraqis in broad daylight. Instead the President had to sneak into and out of Baghdad in the dark. Pathetic. ANDY MAHLER Paoli...
...sound of this Kentucky quintet doesn’t merely reflect the grandeur of the sunrise, it seems practically responsible for it. Lead singer Jim James beckons the daylight from some distant, reverb-rich galaxy and shimmering guitars alternately evoke Johnny Cash and Jimmy Page...
...palatial, late 19th century building, Milan's latest hotel was designed by Ed Tuttle of Amanresorts fame. Visitors will pass through a lobby covered by a 9-m-high glass dome-enabling natural daylight to flood inside-before encountering an environment with enough untrammeled opulence to embarrass a Saudi prince. Travertine stone has been lavishly used throughout the building, underscoring a design palette of soaring columns, heavy silk, walnut-backed banquettes and granite urns...