Word: gulf
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...chemical-weapons test at the Dugway Proving Ground went awry, and the area's patriotic Mormons began asking questions. A recently uncovered Army report from 1972 suggests the sheep died from a lethal combination of nerve-gas traces and pesticides, the mixture some experts believe is responsible for Gulf War syndrome. Years later came another piece of disturbing news: it turned out that the nuclear-bomb tests conducted by the Pentagon in next-door Nevada from 1951 to 1962 were not safe after all. President George Bush acknowledged as much in 1990, and since then the U.S. has paid...
...guilty of federal capital offenses from being buried in national cemeteries or receiving other veterans' benefits. The bill was rushed to a vote yesterday after someone pointed out that convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was eligible to be buried in a national cemetery, since he served during the Gulf War. Under current law, only those convicted of treason, espionage or sedition can have their benefits stripped. The Senate bill would add murder to that list, and a companion bill is being readied in the House...
...storms than any other state. And May is the cruelest month for tornadoes. Of all the twisters recorded in the past 44 years, more than 21% hit in May. People in central Texas are used to spring tempests, when cold fronts from the north clash with warm, wet Gulf weather. They know enough to find a ditch to lie in, or a sturdy, windowless room in the center of the house, preferably under a mattress or in a bathtub. And the citizens of Jarrell, a small town 42 miles up the interstate from Austin, did have time to take precautions...
...everyone here is thrilled to find themselves in the target zone. Disgruntled locals argue that the Air Force brass should at least have blushed and stammered for a moment when they admitted that the Patriots hadn't worked in the Gulf War after all; it was only the Pentagon propaganda about them that worked. As we now know, most of the Patriots, like most of the Scuds they were aimed at, fluttered harmlessly to earth. Hence the suggestion, from the disgruntled faction, that instead of upgrading the Patriots, the military should upgrade its propaganda machine until it's capable...
...sent to the principal's office in high school because she refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance," Kate says. "It was during the Gulf War, and she didn't believe in what the country was doing...