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...hours later, they will rush out of the back door onto a desolate Church Street, picking rice out of their hair and brushing after-dinner mints off their laps. The lucky ones might have given a lap dance on stage, bumped pelvises with perfect strangers as they danced the “Time Warp” in the aisles, or received an impromptu serenade from a man in lipstick and a miniskirt. They will have seen one of the greatest cult classics of all time, yelled at the screen and watched a seven-person cast act in sync with...
...desert, these uncut broadcasts are the most compelling when they show the tedium of war. All the networks carried live footage of the Third Infantry’s advance up the Iraqi highway on the first day of the conflict, even though it was no more captivating than watching rush hour traffic. But I stayed tuned because I wanted to see where the rubber meets the road, where the high drama of politics and war is translated into action...
...University does not want to encourage students to rush into a decision as drastic as separating from their parents, officials...
Still, the coalition's battle plan is adapting to the new reality on the ground. Officials at the Pentagon and at Central Command field headquarters in Qatar, were considering slowing the pace of the ground war. The initial U.S. strategy was to bypass most cities in southern Iraq and rush ground forces to Baghdad within days of the war's start; military officials believe that once U.S. forces crush the Republican Guard and Special Republican Guard forces protecting the city, Saddam's hold on power will crumble. But the decision to leave the southern cities unsecured has proved costly...
...Collamer, author of The Layoff Survival Guide: you can be paid the full amount of your annual, planned contribution to a pretax flexible-spending account for health care even before you have made the full annual contribution. So if you're worried about getting laid off, the usual December rush to the doctor may need to come early. After a layoff, you can make claims for only the amount that has accumulated in the account...