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...right of the French, the U.S. 101st Airborne Division mounted a deep- penetration helicopter assault into southeastern Iraq. Chinook helicopters, some skimming only 50 feet above the sand, others slinging Humvees, modern versions of the old jeeps, below their fuselages, ferried 4,000 men with their vehicles and equipment into the desert. The force established a huge refueling and resupply base, then jumped off again from there deeper into Iraq and struck out for the Euphrates River. Other units -- the British 1st Armored Division, seven U.S. Army divisions, and Egyptian, Saudi and Syrian units -- attacked at various times throughout...
Housing. Tuccillo of the National Association of Realtors says the biggest impact of peace on the housing market may be regional. Most of the American troops in the gulf were pulled out of the southeastern U.S., he says, where merchants have suffered and housing markets have stagnated as a result. Says he: "Maybe the biggest bump we'll see in the housing market will be in that section of the country, when we repatriate the troops and they get on with the lives they've put on hold for six to eight months." Thanks to falling interest rates and softer...
With the gulf crisis adding to anxiety over gasoline prices, the little cars may become more attractive than ever. This year a dozen French VSP manufacturers expect to sell as many as 15,000 of them. Martial Howa of Aixam Automobiles, a manufacturer in the southeastern French town of Aix-les-Bains, estimates that the market will grow 40% in the next two years. "Soon it will not be mostly a French phenomenon," he says. "Already we're exporting 15% of the 5,000 units we produce each year to Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Greece...
Foley said the near-tropical weather was caused by a high pressure system over the Atlantic "transporting mild air from the Southeastern United State to New England...
...mountainous southeastern state of Minas Gerais is commonly known as the terra dos machoes, or land of the machos. "Here, if a man sleeps around with other women, it's a sign of masculinity," says Elaine Matozinho, a policewoman in Belo Horizonte. "But if a woman is an adulteress, it's a different story: she pays with her life...