Word: desertion
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...peaked in the 1980s, and when Great White took the stage shortly after 11 p.m., the band decided to provide the audience with a reminder of its heavy-metal past. Sets of "gerbs"--sparking pyrotechnic fountains--shot up from the stage as the band kicked into its first song, Desert Moon. Within seconds, flames crawled up the foam-covered wall behind the band and spread to the 9-ft.-high ceiling. Thinking the blaze was part of the band's act, a few fans let out cheers...
...world divides over war with Iraq, American troops training in Kuwait's northern desert are closing ranks. Debate over U.S. foreign policy loses its subtleties in the tents that house more than 70,000 soldiers and Marines readying for an invasion. Western peace activists who have traveled to Baghdad to act as human shields are dismissed as "speed bumps" by rank-and-file grunts. At a recent rally for 3,000 Marines, a sergeant major steals the show by launching barbs at France, which has led the opposition to war. "How many French people does it take to defend Paris...
...WHEN YOU SAY TO THEM, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ANTHRAX? THEY SAY, WELL, THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE GROUND IN THE DESERT...
...this interminable, plot-free bore. Damon and Casey Affleck star as friends, both nicknamed Gerry, lost and wandering somewhere in Death Valley. The film is slow-witted where it should be thoughtful, pretentious when it should be sincere. As the two title characters drift aimlessly under the merciless desert sun, it’s hard not to look forward to the bitter end. Gerry screens...
There's a slow leak in Jacksonville, and soon it could be as it was during Desert Storm in 1991: a ghost town. Already a flower shop has closed, a car shop has gone under, and a big grocery chain has decided not to build. But for the locals, it feels a little different this time around. A couple of cupfuls short of patriotism. And urgency. And sense. "There's something unpredictable about this war," says Beeda Ruth Wensil, who runs Saigon Sam's, a huge military-surplus store. "The boys don't know where they're gonna...