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...many of Kelley's charges merely reinforce and embellish those in earlier memoirs such as For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington by former White House chief of staff Donald Regan. "Had people liked Nancy Reagan in the first place they wouldn't be susceptible to all this dirt," says James Rosebush, the First Lady's former chief of staff. The question is whether Kelley's savage portrayal is gross overkill. Could Nancy Reagan -- could anyone -- have been such a monster...
...most recent incident in the ongoing saga of the seven square feet of brick and dirt occured two days ago, when vandals poured calcium chloride--which hampers the growth of foliage--into the hole where the new tree is to be planted. As in the past, the vegicidal culprits were not caught...
...soon as we entered the suburbs of Baghdad after more than two hours of driving, the convoy split up. The cars we drove, like all other vehicles of top Iraqi officials, had been spattered with dirt as camouflage. I could not help thinking that perhaps this made these cars more conspicuous, giving away those who were in them...
...Marines' sector, U.S. planes had burned off the oil prematurely by dropping napalm. The Saudis did encounter trenches filled with blazing petroleum and in some cases with water, but crossed them by the simple expedient of having bulldozers and tanks fitted with earth- , moving blades collapse dirt into the trenches until they were filled. It took only hours for the allied troops to burst through the supposedly impregnable Iraqi defenses and begin a war of maneuvers, sweeping right past some of the heaviest concentrations of troops and armor, and calling in withering air strikes and tank and artillery fire...
Maupiti is very quiet. In fact, it's uncannily quiet. It is possible to walk for an hour or more along the narrow dirt road that runs along the coastline without hearing any sound other than the slow lap of waves on the rocks. (No beaches, of course...