Word: basing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...After being drafted into the military--as all doctors were in those days--Coles found himself at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss...
...store like Sage's cannot survive without a large base of support, Chase says...
...cowboy boots meant to mock the G.O.P.'s black-tie formality, they applauded the man they have come to regard as the party's Lee Iacocca: the marketer who figured out how to diversify the product line to attract new buyers. McAuliffe has succeeded in broadening the Democrats' financial base, which consisted mostly of organized labor, by selling the "New Democrat" gospel of Clintonomics to entrepreneurs who have benefited from low interest rates, investors whose fortunes have grown with the stock market and trial lawyers who want to protect the right of plaintiffs to unlimited damages from corporations. What better...
...collapse began on Sunday, a week after Israel withdrew from its first major base, handing it over to the S.L.A. Hizballah sent hundreds of villagers swarming toward the post, which the S.L.A. quickly abandoned. Over the next 48 hours, the S.L.A. fell apart. With large areas of the Security Zone in Hizballah's hands, it became dangerous for Israel to keep troops in the pockets they still held. Late Tuesday night the order was given for the last of Israel's soldiers to leave. Members of one unit had to run six miles to reach the convoy sent to evacuate...
...inhabitants of this small country straddling the Arctic Circle carry mobile phones--the world's highest penetration (and more than double the U.S. rate). It's a phenomenon attributable to liberal telecom-licensing policies (which stimulated early innovation) and to Nokia's effective use of its home base as a laboratory. Citizens of this otherwise low-key society are addicted to mobile text messaging and mobile banking, and primed for mobile commerce and whatever else comes along...