Word: graveyard
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...conspires with her lover to murder her husband - were never very bright, especially so in a dark year like this one. But even in cheerier times, "Thou Shalt Not" would have needed strong critical support to survive, and the show now appears doomed. But before it departs for the graveyard of Broadway bombs, it deserves a little credit for all it tried and what it achieved...
...planes hit, the towers burned and in an instant they were gone, reduced to a steel and concrete graveyard. From the wreckage, a cloud of smoke and ash rose ever higher and farther until it erased a vista once anchored by the fallen Twin Towers. Three weeks later, the physical cloud has dissipated, but a metaphoric one remains, and not only in New York City. This cloud hangs heavy across the world, where nonstop diplomacy, ultimatums and the rhetoric of war have redefined priorities, created societal and religious fissures and forced nations to choose sides unequivocally...
...Sept. 11 have uncoupled Pakistan from the Taliban as nothing previously could. Now that bin Laden's activities have forced the U.S. to take a stand against the Taliban, Washington must decide how to eradicate the terrorist threat emanating from a land that has proved to be the graveyard of every previous foreign invader. Afghanistan is a place where warfare is a way of life and fighters use battle toughness and treacherous terrain to compensate for lack of equipment. "Ours is a jihad against those who brought suffering on the Afghan people and violated Islamic teaching," Omar has said...
...realize from the air, and Rumsfeld hinted at the likelihood of some form of special forces deployment. Even then, Bin Laden's men are believed to be widely dispersed in hostile terrain, and the likelihood of fierce Afghan resistance and the country's hard-earned reputation as a graveyard for foreign armies makes a full-blown invasion an unlikely option...
...weakest since, well, the last recession. "I think the full effect of these layoff announcements will take effect in the second half," PricewaterhouseCoopers senior retail economist Frank Badillo told the Wall Street Journal. Leaving the American consumer either too scared or too jobless to keep whistling past the graveyard and directly to the mall...