Word: spectacularity
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Ponderous armies supported by heavy tanks and other expensive military equipment are not the most effective means of protecting U.S. national security. A few lightly armed troops with special training can employ speed, stealth and surprise with spectacular results. Today's special forces have the added advantage of technology. Success in Iraq has earned special-operations forces a permanent place alongside the traditional military. JOSEPH J. WOODFORD Crestline, Calif...
...first of many ironies. That the nascent republic sent Franklin--stout, balding and 70--to play the role of seductive ingenue was another. Here was the man who believed that necessity never makes a good bargain, that God helps those who help themselves, sent off to perform a spectacular tin-cup routine. It was all the more spectacular in that Franklin had grave doubts about the proposition. He was firmly of the opinion that America should not flounce about "suitoring for alliances." As it turned out, the maxim-defying years he spent begging in France saw the greatest political feat...
...passengers. Other trips leave from Christchurch, New Zealand; Hobart, Tasmania; and South Africa's Cape Town. All offer a beguiling array of experiences from close-up views of mothballed whaling stations to courtesy calls at scientific ghost towns inhabited by haggard meteorologists and bearded seal watchers. Even more spectacular are vistas of primordial glaciers?vertiginous, 2,000-meter mountains and icy bays teeming with whales and penguins. It doesn't get more pristine or elemental than this...
Kang heard of Redd’s victory in Martinsville and invited her for tea to give her a veteran’s perspective on the competition. She described Redd as a “spectacular young woman...
...obsessed town, Gelbart, an accomplished screenwriter and playwright, is busier than ever at 75. There's the film about Pancho Villa for HBO. A jazz song cycle at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum. The sequel to The Candidate for Robert Redford. A new musical about Napoleon. A Las Vegas spectacular about Busby Berkeley...