Word: garbed
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...amid 11,000-ft. peaks. From several miles away, the unmanned surveillance plane, operated by the CIA last Monday, locked in on the gathering. An agent somewhere in the region, viewing a live feed from the Predator's belly-mounted camera, thought the men were wearing Arab--not Afghan--garb, and that the leader was tall. After conferring with U.S. Central Command officials at their Florida headquarters, the agent signaled the Predator to shoot. A 100-lb. Hellfire missile roared toward the truck at nearly 1,000 m.p.h. According to Amanullah Zadran, a minister in the Afghan government, the dead...
...these classes are taught by TFs, who, unlike professors, are not reimbursed for party expenditures. Debra N. Prager, a Germanic Languages and Literatures graduate student whose love for parties has driven her to bring in lavish chocolate sweets for her Fairy Tales section and to dress in full Medieval garb from the ART for her Medieval Court section, has made huge efforts to provide an off-campus party for her German A class. She said one of her most vivid memories of her days socializing with undergraduates was when she picked up the six students from her German A class...
...faithful version, with actors smartly cast to type. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his pals Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) look word-picture perfect. Members of the Hogwarts staff--Dumbledore (Richard Harris), McGonagall (Maggie Smith), Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and Snape (who else? Alan Rickman, in Hamlet's drab garb)--have the requisite majesty or malevolence. The special effects are spiffy too. The Golden Snitch has a mischievous mind of its own, and that three-headed boar could guard bin Laden's cave...
Scene changes also impede the flow of the production. Frequently, they seem needlessly clumsy and slow, particularly after the first scene. The change is accomplished by actors in military garb who practically march on and off stage. If there is some deeper meaning hinted at by this and other similar scene changes, it isn’t apparent—but the way they make the show drag...
...have thought about a month ago. Although federal officials do not advise civilians to make such purchases, Army-Navy stores are selling out their stock of gas masks; doctors are besieged with requests for antibiotics; and people are scouring the Web for places to buy water filters and protective garb. What follows is an abbreviated guide to what's available, how well it works and what some of the drawbacks might...