Word: droving
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Strack recounts how Carret had acquired two old motorcycles and the duo drove them all the way through North Africa. He explains that the experience was a large inspiration for the motif and feel of the upstairs room...
...Saddam's last speech had invoked Arab grandeur, Iraqi patriotism and Islamic ideals, tapping into old dreams as Saddam cast himself as a latter-day Saladdin, the Muslim warrior who drove the Crusaders out of Jerusalem. The footage of his walkabout had likewise sought to portray him as the valiant Arab knight. The footage showed Iraqis mobbing Saddam, chanting his praises and bending to kiss his hand. As a pistol in a leather holster dangled from his belt, Saddam pumped his fist in a power salute and wiped away what might have been a tear...
...should discuss it rather than saying it is impossible,” Bois said. “It is important not to be intimidated into complacency—that is what drove us to be cautious...
...Kurdish official indicated that I should meet him around the bend in the road, out of sight of the checkpoint. He drove around, picked me up and we barreled down the rutted road. The vigor with which he charged deep potholes make me fear for my neck and his axle, but the driving lasted only a short time. The Iraqis, apparently unimpressed by the U.S. bombing raids, opened up once again with mortars. My guide and I took cover behind and earthen bank. "Very good air strikes," he said with what I took to be irony...
...bottom half of the fourth inning, hot B.C. bats extended their 3-0 lead thanks to a three-run homer by senior shortstop Cara Blumfield. Blumfield also drove in a run in the first...