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...dirt his men find a long, half-buried wire. It leads in one direction to where the humvees are parked, and in the other, up a rough slope. Sergeant Allen Grenz begins following the wire. As he crests the hill, Grenz spots a rustle in underbrush. Crouched under a pine are three enemy fighters. It clicks in Grenz's brain that the wire, a blast cable, is leading straight up to the enemy. (Later the soldiers find that the wire was set to detonate five antitank mines buried under the humvees.) Grenz quickly absorbs the danger: one of the fighters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle in the Evilest Place | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...Then she dares you to stare at something--a little boy with a toy hand grenade, a dominatrix embracing her client--until you admit your own complicity with whatever it is in there that frightens you. At that point, all the picture's traps unfold, and it confers its rough grace. Like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Photography: Diane Arbus: Visionary Voyeurism | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...Robinson, who crank out seemingly nonstop streams of product, developing greater intimacy with their fish-eye lenses than with the artists’ music. They have created a combined total of over 150 videos for the libidinous likes of Mystikal and R. Kelly, representing the industry’s rough equivalent of Danielle Steele...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Sussed Out | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

Though Dartmouth will see a new face behind the helm, the change will be in appearance only, as the Big Green will continue using a rough style of play to beat down opponents...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Everybody's Got a Hungry Heart | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

...really proud of myself with the way I fought back and turned my whole outlook around,” Pillinger said. “I had 2 match points in first match, which was rough on my morale, but to come back, with my teammates and coaches being supportive, was good. Now I know to look at the bigger picture and treat it as another challenge to overcome...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Overcomes Key Injuries | 10/29/2003 | See Source »

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