Word: desertion
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Change is stealing into all the desert kingdoms of the Persian Gulf, but nowhere else has it proved as beneficial--though fraught with palace intrigue--as in tiny, thumb-shaped Qatar (pop. 500,000). Eighteen months ago, Hamad, trained at Britain's Sandhurst Military Academy, was merely an heir apparent. Then he staged a bloodless coup that ended the 23-year reign of his father Sheik Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, 64, who had developed an unseemly fondness for liquor and opulent palaces. Since then, Qataris have witnessed one of the bitterest Arabian family spats in memory, involving cash...
Buyer moved from the war zone of Desert Storm to the legislative trenches of Capitol Hill and now is a two-term veteran of Congress. He is a strong advocate of the study and treatment of Gulf War syndrome and consistently supports higher Pentagon budgets--Citadel alumni named Buyer their 1995 Man of the Year. Outside his military focus, he is a conservative who supports most of the Contract with America, a plus in this Hoosier Heartland...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "If we had a confrontation like Desert Storm tomorrow, we probably couldn't meet it because of the drawdown that's taken place in the military, not only in people but in budgets, as well...
Urban, who left the Army in January after 24 years of service in Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm, has decided to turn his hand to politics. In the spirit of providing leadership that is responsive to the electorate, he has circulated his own nominating petitions and asked his prospective constituents to tell him what issues are important to them. Urban says that, with all his years dealing with the Pentagon and negotiating Department of Defense red tape, he is qualified for the House...
DIED. MARJORIE SHOSTAK, 51, anthropologist who wrote about the !Kung San tribe in Africa's Kalahari Desert; of breast cancer; in Atlanta. Shostak lived with the tribe and mastered its difficult clicking language...