Word: spartan
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...stardom on CNN as one of the smoothest and most antiwar of the corps of generals turned commentators during the Iraq war. So maybe it was not such a surprise that just 1 1/2 hours after Clark made another career leap last week, he could be found in his spartan Little Rock, Ark., office, remote control in hand, transfixed by the talking heads' first take on his newborn presidential campaign. "A placeholder for Hillary Rodham Clinton," Pat Buchanan huffed from the screen. "I think we're seeing the idea percolating here of a Clinton-Clark ticket." Clark sighed...
...targets. The group is getting faster with each mission. Immediately after receiving the midnight order to pursue the suspect in Nablus, Dan and his lieutenants began planning the raid, phoning nearby units to ask for extra vehicles, grenades and infrared light sticks to operate in the darkness. In a Spartan classroom at the Beit Lid base that functions as the unit's command center, Dan showed his troops magnified aerial images of Nablus' Old City, pointing out the target house and identifying positions for each soldier to take up on arrival. At 2 a.m., the unit piled into four armored...
...comedy show SNL four years later and landed the job. For seven seasons, Ferrell impersonated prominent Americans such as Neil Diamond and Ted Kennedy and Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56, D-Mass., created characters that made America laugh, such as Craig the Spartan cheerleader, musical middle school teacher Marty Culp and the caffeine-hyped host of mock talk show “Morning Latte...
...fresh mesclun greens. The crab cakes, one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes, eschewed fancy seasonings in favor of tons of fresh crabmeat and a small amount of breadcrumbs. The accompanying seasoned roast potatoes and spinach made for a nice change from french fries. The spartan dessert menu features only three options—key lime pie, cheesecake and ice cream...
Ferrell, who was a regular cast member on NBC’s Saturday Night Live from 1995 through 2002, rose to fame with his roles as President Bush and Craig the Spartan cheerleader as well as several popular comedies such as A Night at the Roxbury and Austin Powers...