Word: deserts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Despite recent peace initiatives, all eyes are on the Arabian desert as the beginning of a ground war approaches. A high-ranking French official said Iraq would be given until today to respond to the Soviet peace proposal. President Bush did not make any public comment on the war yesterday...
...Desert Storm commander Gen. Schwarzkopf said the Iraqi army was "on the verge of collapse." Other U.S. officers said they still predict a bloody ground...
After arriving in Saudi Arabia with the 1st Combat Engineers Battalion, Thom fought boredom by keeping pet scorpions -- the first one, named Maurice, died; the other was called Mel Torme -- in a camouflaged desert shelter. In one letter home, he pleaded for Tabasco to spice up his rations, and in another he told a fire-fighting friend to keep the boisterous Magnolia Saloon on Main Street from burning down so they could enjoy his first legal beers there upon his return. At home, a Queensland heeler puppy named B.B. and a cat named P.J. are still waiting...
...deep in the rocky mountain soil, stretching back seven generations to Coulterville's first settlers. His forefathers arrived in the 1850s, shortly after the California gold rush began. This proud heritage infused every bit of his 6-ft. 1-in., 180-lb. frame. In some of Thom's desert pictures, his greenish-brown eyes, often hidden behind mirrored sunglasses, are filled with the glint of a growing confidence as he began to make his way in the world. His bearing betrayed a lifelong fascination with the military. Thom often wore camouflage pants and shirts, and he spent weekends playing survivalist...
Four weeks into Operation Desert Storm, the deadly reality of war has come home for the grandmothers and grandfathers, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers and family friends who have suddenly been pressed into a very special type of war service: tending children whose parents or whose single parent has been shipped to the Persian Gulf...