Word: deserts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saddam Hussein was a poisonous snake in the desert, and he had 1 million poisonous snakes arrayed around him, then it was good sense to drop bombs and kill 100,000 snakes and thus turn back the snake menace...
...your kids already bored by their Desert Storm bubblegum cards? Get ready for the next wave in kiddie collectibles: cards featuring the U.S. Customs Service's drug-sniffing dogs. The 81-card set, which will be distributed by Customs Service officials nationwide, shows such canine stars as Nacho, Peaches and Solo in action poses. The back of each card lists the dog's breed, age, weight, tattoo number and biggest drug bust ("Nacho led police officers to a building that was found to contain 2,014 lbs. of marijuana...
...moment, there is giddy elation, as returning Desert Storm troops touch down on American soil to a triumphal welcome of balloons and bands, spouses and children. "As far as I'm concerned, he is a hero," says Bonnie Cutts, 22, of her husband David, also 22, a naval engine mechanic who is expected to return to Charleston, S.C., in the next few weeks. "He'll be a hero for the rest of his life...
BLUE PLANET. Astronaut's-eye views of earth, filmed during five space-shuttle missions. From the wind-sculpted dunes of the Namib Desert to smogbound Los Angeles, the images underscore the urgency of saving the environment. Showing at more than two dozen science museums in the U.S. and Canada through the summer...
...British and French military men couldn't wait to paw over some of the Soviet-supplied Iraqi tanks littering the Kuwaiti desert. They expected the abandoned armor to be a boon for battlefield training and analysis. But many tanks were reduced to smoldering hulks by guided missiles. Others, taken out by A-10 attack planes, at first appear to be in good condition, until survey crews discover a small hole in their exteriors. That hole indicates that shrapnel produced by armor-piercing shells has destroyed everything inside. Although the allies captured thousands of Iraqi tanks, the Americans have found just...