Word: checkpoints
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile, the Kosovar rebels have grown just as dangerously belligerent and uncompromising. "The Serbs have been trampling all over us for years," said the young tough at the Smonica checkpoint. "Not any more. We are not Bosnian Muslims, and we will not allow ourselves to get butchered." That cockiness, combined with Serb intransigence and Western inaction, is a perfect recipe for a wider...
That galvanized ethnic Albanians. The Liberation Army built up a concentration of forces near the Albanian border, and with an escape route closer to hand, the guerrillas grew more brazen, attacking Serb police and military camps. Four rebels maintaining a checkpoint at the border village of Smonica two weeks ago were cocky with confidence they could take on the Serbs. "I hate them so much that if I fired my gun up in the air, the bullet would find its own way right between some Serb's eyes," said one of the guards, cradling his rifle. "Every day people come...
...room and commandeered the phrase "speed kills" to express the belief that when you get attacked, you should fire back immediately. Carville does not have much contact with Clinton from week to week, much less day to day, but he is an almost mystical checkpoint for Clinton when it comes to counterattacking. Clinton wondered what Carville thought about releasing the letters. Carville said he thought it was a good idea, though he later noted that it didn't qualify as a nuclear counterstrike. "Releasing 15 letters is hardly an attack," he says...
Minimalism accented by pleasantly surprising hijinks was the theme of the Fantastick Theatre Company's second ever production, "Putting It Together: A Stephen Sondheim Evening." Aside from a few mishaps, (an open fly, the number one pre-show checkpoint) the performance went smoothly...
...road from San Diego to Los Angeles, unlike the path from one web site to another or even the avenue from graduation day to a full-fledged career, the directions and milestones are clearly marked. Forty-five miles north of home is the border patrol checkpoint, a lone reminder of the often tormented dividing line farther south. Slightly to the north, Interstate-5 turns from the coast inland, giving the driver a view of Disneyland's tallest attractions rather than the ocean's buoys. Along the way lie the ubiquitous fast-food restaurants, rest stops and mini-malls: reminders...