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...checkpoint, passersby can see men being searched by soldiers. On a tour of Basra conducted by the local military governor, a general who reportedly commanded the troops that crushed the Shi'ite uprising after the war, foreigners are escorted by a truckload of armed soldiers with a roof-mounted machine gun and grenade launchers -- though the general insists all is peaceful in the city...
...addition to the damage caused by the chair, three wads of gum were stuck to the roof of the cruiser. Two Au Bon Pain cups were lying near the tires...
...vandals] spit gum on the roof and saw no one was in the cruiser," Cooper said. "They must have run backand gotten the chair, thrown it and ran like abastard...
...that the cold war's over, the PENTAGON is falling apart. Literally. The roof is leaking, the walls are cracked, the electrical system is malfunctioning, and the world's largest office building is slowly sinking into the dry swampland under it. Defense Department planners are taking bids on an estimated $1.2 billion in repair work. Replacement of all heating and air- conditioning systems will begin in June. Get out the fans. It's going to be one long Washington summer...
Sportscasters are an odd breed. They try to impress us with their expertise and calm authority, yet they are remembered best for the moments when they totally lose it. Some of those moments are famous, like the time Al Michaels hit the roof as the U.S. hockey team beat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics ("Do you believe in miracles?!"). In fact, every ecstatic "holy cow!" and "oh my!" is a reminder of the sheer childlike emotion that sports at its best can evoke...