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...year, it began rotating them home for a two-week leave to rest and recharge. Some turned the offer down; they said it would be too hard to go back when the 14 days were up. Some went home to meet their babies for the first time. They flush the toilet over and over, just because they can, celebrate a year's worth of birthdays in 14 days, meet the new neighbors, savor rain. Troops come home to a Heroes' Parade; towns don't call it a Victory Parade, because they know it's not over...
...blind alleyways, looking for attackers. It's 9 o'clock on a clear, mild December night in Adhamiya, one of Baghdad's oldest neighborhoods and these days among the most restive. The soldiers are out to draw fire. They cruise the streets and make themselves targets in order to flush insurgents into the open...
...Schermerhorn scrutinizes the habits of the other soldiers, looking for signs of lassitude. Today he decides to send a message about the toilet. YOUR MOTHER DOES NOT LIVE HERE, he scrawls on the bathroom's tile wall. THE F___ING TOILET IS BROKEN. "If a guy's unable to flush a toilet correctly," Schermerhorn says, "what is he going to miss when we're out there...
...Swag is not a problem for the woeful Mets, who covet Matsui and are willing to move their top young player, shortstop José Reyes, to second. The Mariners are flush with cash and short at short but seem more intrigued by free-agent pivotman Miguel Tejada, the 2002 American League...
...Toilet Day” yesterday in Singapore in order to increase awareness of the need for increased hygiene in public restrooms. Singapore is home to some of the cleanest public bathrooms in the world, due in part to automatic flushers and fines for people who don’t flush...