Word: guardedness
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Children is written in Tolkien's full-on high heroic style, which is light on the characterization and sometimes hilariously dorky. (An example, chosen more or less at random: Túrin's helmet "was made of grey steel adorned with gold, and on it were graven runes of victory...
WHEN I FIRST TRAVELED TO THE KURDISH north in August 2004 to escape the heat and violence of Baghdad, the so-called Switzerland of Iraq was disappointing in one respect: summers on the high plains of Arbil are almost as scorching. Otherwise, Kurdistan was a refuge. In Baghdad, journalists had...
(2 of 2) When I first traveled to the Kurdish North in August of 2004 to escape the heat and violence of Baghdad, the so-called "Switzerland of Iraq" was disappointing in just one respect: summers on the high plains of Erbil are almost as scorching. Otherwise, Kurdistan was a...
USAGE Critics on the left roasted McCain for the walk, saying it could be his Michael Dukakis moment. They also gleefully pointed out the security required for the photo-op amble: beyond the bulletproof vest, he was guarded by more than 100 soldiers in armored humvees and attack helicopters.
It was a gorgeous spring day in Baghdad today. The sun was out. Friday is the first day of the weekend, so many families ate barbequed lamb skewers in their backyard gardens. But as the sun started to wane, reality returned and, as is the unfortunate custom here, unsettling news...