Word: vetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...back with his first solo album in five years, the initial installment of a two parter. War is loud and aggressive; Ice Cube was recently featured on the hard-rock Family Values tour, and he knows how to make noise. He also knows how to tell a story: Ghetto Vet is a cold-eyed look at the life of a wheelchair-bound victim of gunfire. A number of songs here are cartoony and over the top, but they are mostly redeemed by pulsating numbers like Pushin' Weight...
...know what he's turning this country into?" said one of the workers, a tattooed Vietnam vet, about the President's public self-flagellations. "An open meeting of sexaholics anonymous. He isn't even a man anymore. The guy's been ruined by chicks...
...Although he wasn't a vet, Jim's music was very popular with the troops in Vietnam
...normal sequel heroes. Murtaugh has always been the quintessential head of household, guarding his flock; Glover's understated performance captures the essence of a cautious man. Riggs has cleaned up and settled down since his first days as Murtaugh's partner, so Gibson doesn't have the crazed Vietnam vet side of his character to play with like he did in the original, but Gibson is equally adept with his characters mellowed thoughtfulness...
...nerve gas some 20 times during the Vietnam war has caused something of a stir in the corridors of power. Defense Secretary William Cohen asked his staff to hunt for evidence of sarin deployment Monday, while Rep. David Skaggs (D-Colo.) of the House Intelligence Committee -- himself a Vietnam vet -- said he found the story "absolutely stunning and appalling if it is substantiated." Skaggs launched his own inquiry to attempt just that...