Word: missioners
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...ordinary guy who'd been scarred by violent experiences. It spoke to returning veterans from World War II, young men from cities and farms who'd been handed weapons and asked to clean up the wildest parts of Europe and the Pacific. They needed to believe that the mission they'd been sent on, and which took the lives of some of their comrades, had a moral meaning. Because Americans came back winners, they could accept that the good guy could win a gunfight...
...minerals harvested from their land and water has been a recurring theme among Greenlanders who want greater sovereignty, but talks about whether the territory will take over sole rights are currently stalled. And in August Denmark sent a crew of some 40 scientists on a technically unprecedented mission to explore whether a ridge beneath the North Pole was geologically linked to their territory. (If it is - if the ridge is an extension of their continental shelf and, therefore, an extension of the country's coastline - it could mean legal rights to a greater chunk of the sea for Denmark...
...when department-store popularity is declining?as shoppers opt for selective, less-time-consuming specialty stores or fashion discounters?Baker has made it his mission to reinvigorate the 181-year-old chain by keeping it small: he will downsize the New York City flagship store and continue with a tightly edited merchandise mix tailored to East Coast suburban families at all the stores. Jane Elfers, Lord & Taylor's CEO for the past seven years, has been quietly restructuring the brand away from the store your grandmother loves into a showcase for top American design talent. And the business-savvy Baker...
Leading the expedition for native flavors is Noma, a visionary modern restaurant in a 250-year-old Copenhagen shipping warehouse. Chef René Redzepi is half Macedonian but 200% Dane, and he's on a mission to put the unique tastes of the North Atlantic...
...American troop presence in Iraq. There are simply limits to how long the U.S. military can operate at this pace. The President is claiming that the additional 30,000 troops who arrived in Iraq as part of the surge can now return home because they have accomplished their mission. In truth, they are returning home because it is impossible to keep 160,000 soldiers and Marines in Iraq indefinitely...