Word: desertic
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...White House staff divided into three camps, united only by their lack of certainty about what Clinton did and what he intends to say about what he did. There are the rough-and-ready, "he's innocent" loyalists, who stick to their guns because they are too honorable to desert the boss, or they believe nothing happened because "he told me so." Among them are some of Clinton's newest aides, whose need to believe him borders on the spiritual. There is the middle group of longer-standing advisers who fear it is all true but push on, hoping otherwise...
...rats desert a sinking ship, mice teem over this one. There are mouse ears on the walls, lamps and smokestacks. A life-size Mickey strolls the decks, waving a cheery hi. Minnie is also aboard, flirting shamelessly; if she spoke, she would be saying, "Hello, sailor!" A huge Goofy adorns the stern. And when the Magic leaves port, the ship's horn blasts seven ominous notes: "When...you...wish...up...on...a...star...
...book or CD on the net doesn't help your local retailer pay the rent or salaries, and that means less money for employees' groceries and necessities. If local retail stores suffer and some are forced to close, there will be poorer local selection and services. More people will desert local merchants to send their consumer dollars to businesses and shippers who have no interest in or commitment to the buyer or community. GARY JARMAN Corvallis...
...while the essentials have remained constant, not everything, of course, is the same. In my family, vacation, when we aren't visiting relatives, has always meant camping and hiking--Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Rocky Mountains or, for a day trip, a trail in the mountains or the desert a couple of hours drive away. But this summer, my family decided to try something new. We have lived an hour away from Los Angeles for ten years, but we rarely visit. (Irvine and its neighbors are technically suburbs, but they are cities themselves, and most people do not commute). So a couple...
...clandestine launch came shortly after 7 a.m. last Wednesday at a hidden site in central Iran, but the secret lasted about as long as a puddle of water in the scorched Iranian desert. Although technicians had tried to camouflage preparations for the missile test, U.S. spy satellites easily picked up the bright white plume as the rocket soared to an arid region in southeast Iran. Within an hour, the CIA's operations center phoned the White House situation room. Shahab-3 (Farsi for "shooting star") had taken to the air with an 800-mile range--enough to deliver conventional bombs...