Word: gunness
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...Flying the slow, obese US-1As seems like junior-varsity stuff compared to the Top Gun U.S. marine aviators at Iwakuni - until I'm put in another flight simulator. Fortunately this time a professional is at the controls, Lt. JG Yoichiro Sagawa, who takes me through the procedure of landing a whale-sized seaplane on 10-ft.-high waves. Seaplanes manage to combine the worst aspects of airsickness and seasickness, and I fear that a simulated flight might make me lose my actual lunch. But Lt. Sagawa has a much surer hand that I do. "Once you get in that...
...Ringleader Barney Munbailey, William B. Polk ‘09 wields a trio of phobias—clowns, midgets, Nazis—like a malfunctioning gun in an episode of Loony Tunes. In combination with more than a few jokes that came out of nowhere, Polk’s fears make for the evening’s most surprising comedy...
...dugout in the British trenches in France, and two officers have just left to lead a dangerous raid into the German front lines. They must make a dash of 70 yards, grab a prisoner and return. All we hear is the offstage sound of explosions, machine-gun fire, the shouts of men. A puff of smoke wafts in from outside. Then it's over...
...thing to an irritating degree. So, this movie is, according to the trailer, two movies—one by Robert Rodriguez and one by Tarantino. Begrudgingly, I have to admit that the trailer has some great lines, and there’s a girl with a machine gun for a leg, which kind of gives me a boner. But I’m frustrated with myself for giving Tarantino my attention and devotion. He’s tricked me into enjoying this trailer, dammit. Anyway, other than the boner-inducing lady, you also get faux-grainy footage, zombies, and Kurt...
...British troops in Basra until three months ago. "Freedom of speech, freedom of expression: it just hasn't quite worked out the way it was planned," he is quoted as saying. "They're just not prepared to debate. They tend to do things at the end of a gun...