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...they were looking for the yellow brick road, maybe the Scarecrow or the Tin Man could help...
...that "there were a handful, really a small number, of people in this entire building ((the Pentagon)) who knew this operation was going to happen." In retrospect, though, the invasion looks inevitable. The U.S. through two Administrations built Noriega into a menacing monster -- instead of what he was, the tin-pot dictator of a not very important country -- and put its credibility on the line in declaring that he had to go. But everything Washington tried -- propaganda, economic sanctions, attempts to foment a coup -- failed. The Pentagon prepared fresh contingency plans for an invasion at least as early as last...
Environmentalists can suggest a multitude of ways to do that: recycle paper, aluminum, tin, glass, motor oil and car batteries. Reuse bottles, containers and shopping bags, or at least choose paper bags over plastic at the supermarket. And do not be fooled by the BIODEGRADABLE label on some new plastic products. They may not in fact break down, and those that do may take as long as 500 years. When something tears, wears or breaks, repair it instead of replacing...
...pennies that stay locked in pockets through all the summer months find their way into red-swinging pots and small tin cups and upturned palms. The wreaths and red ribbons and lights strung through the sky turn a street-corner blind man's blues into a Christmas carol...
...didn't give him any easy points and he just started to hit the tin," Masland said. "Then I jumped all over him." Although the match against Cornell's Richard Loh was Masland's first match of the season, he said he felt "as if he hadn't missed any matches...