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What we realize now is that there was a larger sacrifice to come. In Afghanistan last week Tillman was part of Operation Mountain Storm, a campaign launched in March by U.S.-led forces against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters who have been regrouping in sanctuaries along the border with Pakistan. On Thursday his special-forces unit was on patrol with Afghan militia near the isolated mud-brick village of Spera, about 25 miles southwest of the nearest U.S. firebase, at Khost...
...mountain trails around Spera, where thick pine forests provide cover from U.S. aircraft, have become a major infiltration point for Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives. The watchful locals, members of the Zadran tribe, sympathize with the jihadists. It's ambush country, and some time around 7:30 p.m. Tillman's patrol was attacked. In the 12 to 15 minutes of shooting that followed, two Americans were wounded. An Afghan militia man was killed. So was Tillman...
...annual report, NPD found that after six consecutive years of weight gain, the number of overweight adult Americans fell 1 percentage point, to 55%. Was it carb counting? No one really knows. But at fast-food restaurants, salad orders (low in carbs) rose 12%, while French-fries consumption (carb mountain) fell...
...while most face the task of pairing Ralph and Paul on their own, others enlist the assistance of men whose business is to pick pleats and tweak inches off inseams. Luke Mountain, a wardrobe consultant at a high end men’s boutique, Louis Boston, says getting the right look is not about following outer trends as much as harnessing one’s intuitions. “Clothing is very personal,” he says. “It’s really about expressing yourself and molding an image.” According to Mountain...
...your shirt at Manray with all eyes on you,” he says. Gay males are constantly bombarded with the image of the slim, toned, coiffed, fragrant and designer-clad boyish hunk. “Gay culture is very conscious of appearance,” says Foster. Mountain, the wardrobe consultant for Louis Boston, goes further to say, “a lot of the gay community are label whores.” Having the proper Redken hair paste and Adidas shoes may be one thing, but if you don’t have the body, you better...