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...three hours. As a driven rain fell. Oscar, our driver, skillfully maneuvered the bus along winding mountain roads. Armed peasants waved as we passed, and we questioned the kind of existence where people are forced to shoulder rifles while tending their fields and cattles. The booming voice of our escort--a campesino--explained that the bridge we were crossing had been blown-up five times by counter-revolutionaries...
Further down the road we surveyed the remains of a modern, privately owned lumber mill. Two small children played among the metallic ruins, as our escort explained how their fathers, and dozens of others, were left without jobs as a result of the Contra attack...
...route was scaled down to 15,000 kilometers through only 33 states and the District of Columbia. The unsponsored miles will be run by 250 A T & T employees, who will also jog alongside sponsored runners. Runners will be accompanied by a four-vehicle security and ambulance escort, part of a fleet of 37 cars, vans and trailers offering everything from a whirlpool bath to filet mignon. The convoy, the cheering crowds and the challenge of running an Olympic kilometer is likely to make even the humblest torchbearer feel like a champion...
That night, as the three men in the commander's escort lie in their blankets, the stars so close you could touch them with your toes, a soldier named Mohammed says proudly, "I've been at war for five years. Sometimes I've had to sleep five nights in a row with rotting corpses." Is he afraid of dying? "Of course not," he says. "If I were, I wouldn't be in the army." While most of his comrades carry lucky charms, Mohammed wears only an empty 9-mm shell casing around his neck...
Such superpower cat-and-mouse games are common at sea, but the latest encounter was a bit too close for comfort. Had the submarine come a few inches closer to the surface, there might have been a catastrophic collision. Escort ships following the Kitty Hawk had monitored the sub for several days but apparently broke off contact, and the Soviets managed to get to the aircraft carrier undetected. U.S. officials explained that there is little they can do in peacetime to prevent a Soviet vessel from going where it chooses...