Word: fogs
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...period of his life, Homer started to paint scenes from the small fishing town where he lived. This phase produced some of his famous seascapes, such as "The Fog Warning," which shows a fisherman riding a mountainous wave, his head turned to listen to the foghorn. This painting, and other late works like "The Fox Hunt," emphasize the weakness of man when compared to America's majestic natural environment...
...unaided, tell a tank from a car. According to plans, the locations of all concentrations of Balkan armor will be entered into the computer memory banks so the j-stars can track movements out of those areas. Apache helicopters will keep constant watch near U.S. troop units when the fog so common above Bosnian snowbanks lifts enough to permit the choppers to fly. Anti-sniper teams, equipped with heat-detection units and long-range rifles, will be able to defeat any gunman waiting to ambush approaching soldiers...
After nearly a week locked in by fog, Alexandra Stiglmayer reports that the Tuzla airport was busy today with the roar of huge Air Force C-130s landing and taking off. "They began coming in this morning at about eleven," says Stiglmayer, "and were still arriving this evening. More than 20 flights came in today, most of them carrying equipment. The planes landed, soldiers rushed out, unloaded them and, in less than ten minutes, they were off again." Stiglmayer says that two of the flights carried troops from the 325th Infantry who will provide airport security. "One sergeant told...
...came out of the woods surrounding the field and started spraying troops who were exercising. A soldier in the barracks next to the field, who happened to have a video camera, heard the commotion and shot a video of the scene. It was surreal, with the moon shrouded by fog in the darkness. People were yelling and running in all directions. Some of the soldiers apparently tackled the shooter. A civilian-issued M-16 rifle, a pistol and another weapon were confiscated by military investigators. The injuries ranged from superficial to critical. Most were shot in the chest and lower...
Siberia has come to mean a land of exile, and the place easily fulfills its reputation as a metaphor for death and deprivation. Even at the peak of midsummer, a soul-chilling fog blows in off the Arctic Ocean and across the mossy tundra, muting the midnight sun above the ghostly remains of a slave-labor camp. The mist settles like a shroud over broken grave markers and bits of wooden barracks siding bleached as gray as the bones of the dead that still protrude through the earth in places. Throughout Siberia, more than 20 million perished in Stalin...