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...telling him the truth about failures or production levels and meanwhile siphoning money from projects. "He would tell the President he had invented a new missile for Stealth bombers but hadn't. So Saddam would say, 'Make 20 missiles.' He would make one and put the rest in his pocket," says the captain. Colonel Hussan al-Duri, who spent several years in the 1990s as an air-defense inspector, saw similar cons. "Some projects were just stealing money," he says. A scientist or officer would say he needed $10 million to build a special weapon. "They would produce great reports...
...River Kwai, his Colonel Nicholson becomes so obsessed with British pride he ends up a puppet of his Japanese captors. Even from those sidelines, Guinness could loom over a film. In Doctor Zhivago, his burnt-out, hollow face is unforgettably marked by the horrors of war. His Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations shines with the exuberance of youth, which ultimately defeats the aged bitterness of Miss Havisham. Omar Sharif was the star of Zhivago, John Mills of Expectations, but Guinness was the soul of both films. Off screen, Guinness was uncertain about how much of himself to reveal. He craved...
...Huskies will mix coverages and blitz heavily to prevent Fitzpatick from finding his rhythm, hoping to keep the pocket shrinking without allowing him to slip away...
...plays because we kind of got broken up in the pocket and started scrambling outside,” Fitzpatrick said. “We ran the scramble drill very well today. They were kind of afraid of the run by the quarterback, and that allowed us to throw over the top at some of the defenders that were trying to come up and guard...
...dogs and trees and plants would be spread over several acres. She even bought an RV when she retired, made an attempt to sell her house and build her country life elsewhere, but has yet to actually do so. Instead, she stays next door, creating her own little pocket of country life in the middle of a densely populated town...