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...what's basically a Wal-Mart PX at Task Force Eagle, the central base for G.I.s deployed in Bosnia. The 10,000-sq.-ft. facility is good for the morale of the troops, who are restricted to the post for most of their time in Bosnia. The store features souvenir mugs, Beanie Babies, T shirts, electronics, CDs--its best-selling item--and video rentals. Because the troops at Eagle Base are often clad in their "battle rattle"--helmets, flak jackets and other gear--the new store boasts 8-ft.-wide aisles so soldiers turning around don't find themselves staring...
...basically a Wal-Mart PX at Task Force Eagle, the central base for G.I.'s deployed in Bosnia. The 10,000-square-foot facility is good for the morale of the troops, who are restricted to the post for most of their time in Bosnia. The store features souvenir mugs, Beanie Babies, T-shirts, electronics, CDs -- the best-selling items -- and video rentals. Because the troops at Eagle Base are often clad in their "battle rattle" -- helmets, flak jackets and other gear -- the new store boasts eigh-foot-wide aisles so soldiers turning around don't find themselves staring down...
Then some people tried to hit the brakes. Snowe turned to fellow Maine Senator Susan Collins. "I've got to say something," she said. "This is wrong." They had just taken a historic oath, she reminded her colleagues--some of them still fingering the souvenir pens with which they signed the impeachment book. Did they really want to start the process with such a partisan move? She appealed to a sense of personal trust that has not dissolved completely; Senators still shake hands across the aisles. The mood in the room swept behind her as Republicans rose in agreement. Said...
MARGARET CARLSON, our Washington Columnist, works in a city where everyone's private life, especially the President's, is much too public these days. We were particularly pleased to receive her latest contribution, part of our cover package, as Carlson wrote it wearing a neck brace, a souvenir from a bruising encounter she had with a car while crossing the street last week. (No, the driver was not an angry Congressman.) "Bad timing on my part," Carlson says. "If you're going to get run over, you should find a week when the President's not being impeached...
...both DreamWorks and its partner Burger King concluded that they would be doing themselves "a terrible disservice" if they pushed any kind of merchandise that would trivialize the film. Moses action figures were out. Instead, DreamWorks came up with a Wal-Mart package containing tickets to the film, a souvenir book and a sampler...