Word: umm
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...generosity, “I really appreciate their efforts, but I’m more of whiskey man myself…[pause]…but, my [16 year-old] sister Becky’s coming up this weekend and she really likes Schnapps, Mike’s and, umm, Malibu…[pause]…Oh, Jesus...
...administration. Rather, it is best to consider the news media as the inheritor of H.L. Mencken’s tradition of journalistic pessimism. That is, in every situation, images of destruction, death and disaster are more newsworthy than the human interest story that tells the tale of Umm Qasr’s municipal elections. Frequently do we hear the mantra of violence in the press recited: antiwar activist Michael Moore, whose ilk dwells on this kind of negative outlook, retells it in Bowling for Columbine; Nancy Reagan and Lynne Cheney lament it in Congressional hearings; thousands of Americans daily note...
...south, they fought to keep Saddam from destroying the 1,000 oil wells that are the country's financial future. Teams in humvees and low-flying helicopters rolled into dozens of towns in search of arms caches; riverine squads on inflatable boats cleared mines and other vessels from Umm Qasr harbor; and with help from the Marines, Army Rangers and some locals, a SEAL team freed Private Jessica Lynch from a Nasiriyah hospital...
United States troops surged across the Kuwaiti border on Friday, March 21, and seized part of the southern Iraqi port town of Umm Qasr...
...DELIVERIES Navy Special Warfare forces swept the waterways around Iraq's lone deep-sea port at Umm Qasr for mines and sniper's nests. By the end of last week, they had secured the port, paving the way for British vessels carrying food and other supplies for civilians in the south...