Word: pits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...back of the Bow is their domain. From the newly-installed big screen sports television to the pit which holds three dart boards all the way up to the pole which marks the bar's midway point, the regulars roam...
Beneath where the dartboard now hangs, the pit was once called "The Den of Iniquity," says John. "You could go there with your girlfriend and no one would bother...
Nearby, in the dart pit, two guys are scuffling. One man has his arm wrapped around the neck of another. A student, a woman wearing a black sweater, takes a puff out of a cigarette and dully looks...
Once in the mountains, Troop 501 discovers that trekking has changed radically since Carson's day. "Low-impact camping" rules mean skipping the traditional campfire unless the fire pit is cleaned and the ashes buried. Opened food must be consumed on the spot. An informal "30-second rule" applies to spilled food: eat it fast. "Smellables" such as soap, toothpaste and tomorrow's rations, all of which can attract bears, are loaded into a burlap bag after dinner and strung over a 20-ft.-high cable. Nighttime hygiene is discouraged; a freshened-up camper in a sleeping...
Armed with a U.N. resolution authorizing the use of force, Bush offers to "go the extra mile for peace" by starting a dialogue with Baghdad. Oddly, Washington's nightmare is that Saddam will divide the alliance by giving up part of Kuwait. -- An offensive to liberate Kuwait would pit lasers against razor wire in a short, intense and incredibly bloody battle...