Word: supers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...secure vault in the U.S. Army's super-secret Intelligence and Security Command in northern Virginia, Colonel Mike Tanksley sketches the barest outlines of the new Armageddons. These are only "What ifs?" he insists, so there cannot really be details. Yet his war scenario resounds with almost biblical force. The next time a tyrant out of some modern Babylon (Baghdad, Tehran or Tripoli, for example) threatens an American ally (Riyadh, Cairo, Jerusalem) the U.S. doesn't immediately send legions of soldiers or fleets of warships. Instead Washington visits upon the offending tyranny a series of thoroughly modern plagues, born...
...even have to be super wealthy to qualify as a kid, as long as you have more money than time...
...counties. Part of what motivates this courtship is that Florida's Republican convention in November will hold the largest straw poll, just over two months before any voting takes place up north. And on March 12, the Florida primary will be the biggest wild card of the Super Tuesday set of elections. On that day Gramm hopes to win his own state of Texas, and Lamar Alexander must finish first in his native Tennessee. But if either is to break out of the pack, he must also beat Dole in Florida, a winner-take-all contest for 98 delegates...
Perhaps more importantly, in this age of animated super heroes coming to life on the screen and Disney reduction of history and fantasy into marketable musical numbers, Bridges offers the hope of becoming a classic for our generation. Realism in the movies is all too rare, sacrificed for sugar-coated happy endings...
...Marines poised to leave by the rear ramp were called back to their seats. Those who had formed the protective perimeter reboarded the other helicopter, and after a quick head count, the Super Stallions took off. They had been on the ground no more than seven minutes...