Word: deserter
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NATION: Elite warriors train to counter terror and fight dirty battles 16 The Administration beefs up the military's Special Forces, but critics question whether they are ready for quick and sure action. Progress intrudes on Palm Springs, President Reagan's New Year's desert retreat. Senator Gary Hart, announcing that he will not run for re-election in Colorado, looks toward the White House in '88. New York City braces for an international literary gala...
...from $441 million in 1982 to $1.2 billion this year, and the number of troops from 11,000 to nearly 15,000. At the very least, the Administration has rescued special operations from the post-Viet Nam era of neglect, which was so ignominiously exposed in the wreckage of Desert One during the failed Iranian hostage rescue mission...
Congress has found that the combat readiness of U.S. Special Forces is far below acceptable levels and that equipment shortages, despite the recent infusion of dollars, are getting worse. A 1980 investigation into the Desert One fiasco faulted the Pentagon for having available only eight specially equipped helicopters to transport the rescue force when "at least" ten were needed. Today the Air Force has only seven. Although the Pentagon has ordered ten more, "the main transport programs are hopelessly behind schedule and over cost," charges Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee...
...Palm Springs. But if they had peered through the dense row of tamarisk trees that shield the 200-acre estate from the gaze of outsiders, they might have discovered that Mel Haber's ideal of a sleepy Palm Springs area is fading fast. Progress is intruding upon the escapist desert haven of the wealthy...
Palm Springs was as a health spa in Agua Caliente Indians claimed the area's deep mineral springs could cure tuberculosis. Later it became a quiet refuge for Hollywood stars. Other affluent families followed the entertainers, relishing the beauty of the desert and the steep mountains that tower above the resort on three sides. Air conditioning took the sting out of the 120° summer heat; cool nights and tangy mornings enticed the active residents into swimming pools and onto tennis courts and golf courses. But now Palm Springs is becoming overdeveloped and even turning a bit tacky in spots. Meanwhile...