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Word: soiled (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...belongs to the brave.” In order to turn America’s eyes skyward once again, and in honor of these courageous astronauts, NASA should rededicate itself to a goal worthy of the sacrifice they made—to ascend the heavens and touch the soil of another planet, bearing all the hopes and dreams of mankind...

Author: By David M. Debartolo, | Title: Ascending the Heavens | 2/5/2003 | See Source »

...suspected to be fervent Saddam partisans. These covert monitoring programs, along with a recently disclosed overt FBI effort to interview about 50,000 Iraqi emigres scattered around the US, are aimed at spotting early warning signs that the Baghdad regime is attempting to organize terrorist attacks on US soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Home, the FBI Keeps Tabs On Iraqis | 2/4/2003 | See Source »

...World Trade Center bombing in 1993, was trained in Afghanistan. The war left Afghanistan desolated; an estimated 1 million people died in the conflict. And what happened afterward? The warring factions fought one another, the Taliban took over, and guess whom they allowed in to train terrorists on their soil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Spooks Shouldn't Run Wars | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...first glance it would seem he was right. Yet there is life in the Dry Valleys, albeit life that is primitive in form and exceedingly cryptic. Minuscule roundworms called nematodes and insects known as springtails constitute what biologists jokingly call the "lions and tigers of the soil." The top of the aquatic food chain is occupied by single-cell protozoa that feed on bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cracking The Ice | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

...Many were receiving fresh coats of whitewash and were flying new, brightly colored regimental flags. Officers were supervising repairs to some forts, and earth-moving equipment were being used to build trenches and protective mounds of soil. A few forts were also being supplied with water and other provisions. Small detachments of soldiers were being transported in both directions of the highway, on pickup trucks; a few armored personnel carriers and mobile artillery pieces were also on the move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baghdad Diary: Getting Ready For War? | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

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