Word: desertic
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...execution of the war have, in fact, been grievous. But George W. Bush seems to believe this: If we make serious mistakes in executing a worthwhile task, then we should try to repair those mistakes (even if belatedly) and correct course rather than abandon our friends and desert the battlefield...
...simply acting as Washington's regional policeman, however. It has a long-running border dispute with Somalia that led to two years of open warfare in the late 1970s, and it sees the nationalist inclination of the Islamists - and their vow to take control of the Ogaden desert from Ethiopia - as an immediate threat to its own interests. (The Islamists actually back secessionist insurgents in that region.) Given Ethiopia's intervention on behalf of the government, it comes as no surprise that Addis Ababa's fiercest foe, neighboring Eritrea, is supporting and arming the Somali Islamists...
...believe it. My father is an ex-Marine captain. At home I learned the Marine Corps Hymn before "Jingle Bells." In particular, I remembered the lyrics: "First to fight for right and freedom, And to keep our honor clean." In Afghanistan, I went out on patrol in the desert hills looking for Taliban with Marines; they were a solid bunch of guys, as steely, brave and as irreverently funny as my dad had led me to believe...
...Although Deep Springs charges no tuition fees, the school faces losing outstanding applicants to other top institutions that guarantee a financially-needy applicant four years of financial aid, as opposed to Deep Springs’ two. For some students, two years in the desert isn’t worth the perceived risk...
...it’s just 26 guys in the middle of the desert,” says Noah A. Rosenblum ’07, who graduated from Deep Springs...