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...times, the war appears to be waged with hydraulics rather than firepower. The Iranians flood the low areas to bog down Iraqi tanks and heavy equipment. The Iraqis use earthmoving vehicles and hundreds of dump trucks to fill in the soggy earth. Despite sustained Iraqi artillery barrages, the Iranians have been aided by heavy rains, which have made it impossible for the Iraqi air force to home in on their positions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gulf Standoff in a Wasteland | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

...three friends upstairs, although their sentences were less harsh, is even more disturbing to me. They were all put on disciplinary probation, placing a permanent mar on their record. For what? They "pennied" out our door so that we could not open it, and stood by ready to dump water on us when we managed to get out. Friendly and fun, as before. Yet the Ad Board found that this action was sufficiently dangerous to deserve probation for all involved. Had we urgently needed to get out, they were right there, ready to open the door. They didn't leave...

Author: By Michael L. Goldenberg, | Title: Ad Board Wrong in the Leverett Case | 2/13/1986 | See Source »

...just beginning to relax and enjoy my drink when the plane lurched violently up and to the right, causing the man next to me to dump his Bloody Mary in my lap. I did not have time to scream or react in any way before the plane jerked down to the left, causing a stewardess to fall across the row of seats in front...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Thanks for the Blues | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

Harvard now ships its 275 annual barrels of waste to three overflowing out-of-state dump sites...

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: State Okays Harvard Plan To Find Dump Site Sooner | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

Those bills, which are being drawth up in commitees in the House and Senate, would set out deadlines for the states to announce dump sites and to apply for a license to operate them from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Author: By Joseph Menn, | Title: State Okays Harvard Plan To Find Dump Site Sooner | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

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