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...rare, mainly because it is so hard for men to move, let alone charge, at such heights and over crevasse-riddled glaciers. At 18,000 ft. and higher, even a fully acclimatized soldier carrying rifle and combat pack can jog only a few yards without losing his breath. "The terrain does not allow much movement," says a Pakistani officer at an outpost on the Baltoro Glacier. "There is a natural limit to this conflict...
...principal causes of casualties are terrain and weather. Never before have men fought for any length of time at such altitudes, breathing air that contains less than half the oxygen at sea level, at temperatures that drop below -43 degrees F, in blinding blizzards that can last days. Both sides admit that 8 out of 10 casualties are caused by the harsh conditions -- including soldiers being swept away in cascades of snow or tumbling into crevasses. Says a Pakistani officer at the northern end of the Saltoro sector: "We are brave. They are brave. And we both face the same...
...council responded by unanimously reelecting Lee and the rest of its leadership to a second term. But Lee's team would find that somehow, without their knowledge, the terrain of campus politics had altered. Gone was the pool of quick liberal causes, in its place was a morass of longer-term projects and underlying institutional questions...
...have been soldiering with this lost patrol since we were kids: the gruff but caring sergeant, preternaturally wise in the ways of the enemy and the equally hostile terrain; the street wisecracking kid; the slow-drawling bumpkin; a man called Hammer and another called Pretty Boy. And, of course, a lieutenant who is both green and ambitious and therefore more dangerous to friend than foe. Such characters have been AWOL from most movies about Viet Nam, and 84 Charlie MoPic would have curiosity value if it only brought them back and restored them to their chief role: demonstrating the masculine...
India considers itself the guardian of Nepal, serving as supplier of or conduit for most of Nepal's commodities in exchange for its loyalty. Now the tiny nation with a harsh if spectacular terrain has offended its big neighbor, and India has not only refused to renew trade and transit agreements that expired last month but closed down eleven of 22 vital transit routes. Most of Nepal's necessities, including petroleum products and hospital oxygen, normally traverse these roads. Though New Delhi is permitting goods to cross the border, shortages are forcing the government to impose strict limits...