Word: spotter
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...which monks in a Thai temple bow in veneration. In Britain, Beckham and his wife Victoria, the former Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, have replaced Princess Diana as the staple of celebrity culture, adored by young and old, men and women, straight and gay. Last week ace trend spotter Marian Salzman of the advertising agency Euro RCSG Worldwide identified Beckham - who likes to say how comfortable he is with his feminine side and who has been known to wear a sarong - as the epitome of "metrosexuality," which, since you ask, is the characteristic of heterosexual men who spend time...
...identify Saddam's top brass. At $5.95 each, more than a million decks have already sold worldwide. Even the French are buying. The surprising popularity has prompted the cards' distributor, GreatUSAflags.com to reissue other decks created for the military in earlier wars. On sale this week: World War II "spotter decks," which enabled troops to distinguish between Allied and enemy aircraft. Coming soon: the ace-of-spades decks used as psychological warfare during the Vietnam War. Below, a collector's guide. --By Wendy Cole and Sarah Sturmon Dale...
Chad grew up with Harvard football. He was a spotter for the team as a child. His cousin, David Anderson, joins him in the booth today and thinks about the similarities between the only two regular PA announcers Harvard football has known...
...sniper's position, in hopes of jogging potential witnesses' memories. And federal law-enforcement sources tell TIME that the bureau has asked the Pentagon to search its records for recently discharged GIs who went through sniper school. The schools teach snipers to work in tandem--one as the spotter, the other as the shooter...
COLOMBIA Deadly Welcome A U.S. spotter plane and 20,000 soldiers and police were not enough to ensure safety in the capital Bogotá, as at least 17 civilians were killed and nearly 60 people were wounded in explosions minutes before Alvaro Uribe was sworn in as Colombia's new President. No group claimed responsibility, but several factors pointed to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (farc): the deadliness of the strike within 800 m of the presidential palace, the use of homemade mortars and an earlier pledge by Uribe to get tough on the Marxist guerrilla group. "Expect action...