Word: deserts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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FASHION: Dazzlers of the Desert...
...plain or fancy. Even the most sophisticated Navajo silver carvings radiate intense, earthy vitality. Small pieces called Rock Kritters -- mostly rings, pins and tie clips -- leap with life: jumping men, running animals, charging warriors. Among the cheapest items available, they are adapted from ancient pictographs found in the Southwest desert...
...visitors. Two years ago, in an effort to dramatize his country's openness, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi personally bulldozed a customs house on the Egyptian border. The invitation was ignored. Earlier this May, Gaddafi retailored his message to welcome foreign firms interested in developing the country's exquisite but deserted beaches and superb collection of classical antiquities. What the colonel neglected to mention is that U.N. sanctions ban international flights to the country. Thirsty travelers who brave the long drive across the desert from Egypt or Tunisia will arrive to discover that alcohol is totally prohibited and that even water...
Washington -- If U.S. forces go into action in Bosnia, they will for the first time carry a sophisticated communications system that allows the Air Force, Navy and Army to talk to one another electronically. During Desert Storm, Air Force pilots couldn't talk by radio, fax or computer to Navy pilots, and ) neither group could communicate directly with Army ground troops. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell has been showing off the device to top brass who visit his office. As a general says, "This is far more important than a new tank or an airplane...
Buried in this vat of feel-good glop are two piquant themes. One is a child's need to believe that invisible friends are real. Early on, when the four ghosts desert child Thomas and tell him, "Just be with your mommy and daddy," you can read the panic in his eyes; he is as bereft as Baby Jessica. The other theme is an adult's need to believe that our final worldly departure might come only after we have made peace with others and, thus, ourselves. That's worth a tear. Even a critic will cry for what might...