Word: desertion
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...fall into a passion out by the horse truck, and she knees his crotch. He is a cowboy, better known as the Death of the Western Hero: to strut his forlorn machismo he arrogantly lassoes garbage cans and jukeboxes. She hangs around the tatty trailer camp, sponging the Mojave Desert dust off her body, waiting for night and their star-crossed adagio to start all over again. No use her slamming the industrial-strength front door on Eddie; he'll just kick it through. She wouldn't, can't have it any other way. They've got to keep these...
...come to a critical juncture in its rivalry with the Soviet Union. With Reagan's firm advocacy of SDI, the U.S. stands poised to embark on the most extravagant military project ever conceived, perhaps the most far-reaching since the Bomb was born in the desert near Los Alamos 40 years ago. It could change forever the nature of the nuclear threat; it could force the Soviets into serious bargaining. It also has the potential, at least for the foreseeable future, to cripple any efforts at arms control...
...second of the meetings took place on Christmas Day at a Bedouin tent in the desert. After seeing Waite, Gaddafi agreed to let the Britons go. The inducement Waite offered: a promise that the Church of England would establish a hot line that Libyans residing in the United Kingdom could use if they felt they were being harassed...
...wearing the red blazer and Roman-emperor toupee, who hitches a ride with a Century 21 realtor and his blissed-out brother, is in the grand American tradition. "'I am by training an engineer,' Webster began. 'My work has exposed me to all but one of the continents, to desert and alp and forest, to every terrain and season of the earth...
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...