Word: escapees
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For weeks U.S. forces had been watching as Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters gathered south of Kabul. Code-named Operation Anaconda, the battle plan aimed at this force was a hammer-and-anvil strategy. Friendly Afghans, assisted by U.S. special forces, would flush the enemy from the north and northwest...
In a "hammer and anvil" maneuver on Saturday, allied forces tried to encircle al-Qaeda fighters and cut off their escape routes, while Afghan militia advanced into the valley. Instead the Americans found themselves pinned down by mortar fire and rescued only after a fierce 18-hour fire fight. In...
After five months of horrifying news, it was refreshing to escape briefly into the world of Jamie Sale and David Pelletier and their quest for the gold medal [WINTER OLYMPICS, Feb. 25]. Their venture had everything: a talented, attractive pair of figure skaters reaching for their dream, an obstacle to...
Graffiti adorns cement walls of some industrial buildings and grassy alleys between apartment complexes. Laundry hangs on fire escape balconies overlooking the parking lot of a mom-and-pop grocery store.
Harvard (22-6) kept within three points of UNC (25-8) through the game’s first 11 minutes, but a 14-2 Tar Heel run buried the Crimson in a hole it couldn’t escape.