Word: sand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President, and most of them seemed to approve of his performance. The network anchors rushed for their desert tunics and created as much stir among the troops as the President himself. At the end of the Thanksgiving stage show, elaborate broadcasting facilities in the middle of the desolate sand beamed back live reports from the media superstars...
...world will conclude that Saddam has won. The embargo will begin leaking badly; nation after nation will start casting around for a diplomatic solution; Washington itself will be under growing pressure to bring G.I.s home from Saudi Arabia where they will have been "sitting around in the sand for a year accomplishing nothing." A formula will be found to let Iraq keep part of Kuwait. Curtains for any hope of a world in which aggression does...
...Saddam. Bush announced that he had "had it" with Iraq's treatment of American diplomats in Kuwait, but later added, "I'm not trying to sound the tocsin of war." He also said that "we're prepared to give sanctions time to work" but that for Iraq the "sand is running through the glass." Which implication was authentic; which was for public relations consumption? And by whom...
...important for us to get our heads out of the sand and admit it," Ferrier said. "The fact is that violent crimes occur on campuses by and to students...
...Build It, Bob Hope Will Come. For soldiers who want to putt away their boredom, the Pentagon is shipping out plywood and artificial turf to build miniature golf courses at Saudi bases. Watch out for the sand traps...