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...white man's burden, which is probably why the film is presented as a flashback told by nobody in particular. The film supports Lawrence, and does not drown his military or political achievements for the sake of bombast. But there is still a credibility gap-without cutting a broader swath of history and defining its themes more clearly in that context, we cannot accept them. Lean's claim that he only worked to advance the story rather than concentrate on its atmosphere merely attests to the story's limitations...
Campbell was in the center of the main tornado that tore a half-mile-wide swath through Inverness. For perhaps a minute, he sat in suspended motion as much of the world about him caved in or exploded outward. "One house suddenly came apart like a dollhouse," he recalls. "The roof flew up, the walls spread out, and I could see two elderly persons, colored folks, crouched inside. Then everything sprang right back on top of them and they disappeared...
Wobbling Earth. Strangely enough, last week's tremors did not occur along the San Andreas fault or any of the active faults that are associated with it. They originated some distance away, along a swath roughly 20 miles long, running at approximately right angles to the big fault. It is in this area that the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles, meet the San Fernando Valley. Judging by ruptures in this surface and readings from their instruments, scientists concluded that the mountains had either pushed a few feet over the valley, or that the valley had thrust underneath...
...each with six missile launchers, had been moved to positions ranging from eleven miles to 35 miles west of the canal (see map). Just beyond the SA-2s, and outside the 20-mile swath west of Suez, at least two SA3 batteries were emplaced. According to Bar-Lev -and Washington intelligence sources agree-both batteries are close enough to protect some of the more exposed SA-2s and restrict Israeli jets. The SA-3s are manned only by Russian crews. But even though Egyptians crew the SA-2s, Bar-Lev claimed that "in every battery we have a few Russian...
...from Saigon, to relax with his wife, his six children and his swimming pool. Next morning at 7:30, he boarded a waiting helicopter with all the aplomb of a commuter headed for another day at the office-except that Tri's office these days is a large swath of disputed Cambodian territory and his day is spent in what he calls "a hunting game between my forces and the Communists...