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...were at the huge Iraqi air base at Talil, as U.S. troops were first capturing it. These guys said they'd found an Iraqi bunker, and were about to call an artillery strike to take it out. I look through the binoculars, and although there's an anti-aircraft gun on top, the structure is the Mound of the Ziggurat - a step pyramid reputed to be the spot where Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac. The beginning of civilization, one of the oldest structures in the world. So we pleaded with them not to do it, and urged them to call...
...moment earlier, I had looked up from my exam to hear frenzied shouting. A man in the front of the room had his fingers pointed like a gun and a book bag in his hand. The professor accosted the man, and the man shouted something back. He said he had a bomb, I think...
...Ashcroft's primary mission was to fend off attacks from Democrats, who assailed his record on civil rights and questioned his dedication to "sensible gun laws." The nominee, who appeared fairly energetic at 10 a.m., seemed to age 15 years during the course of the marathon day. And while Ashcroft held his own as the accusations intensified, Democratic senators Joe Biden, Dick Durbin and Edward Kennedy appeared especially eager to land as many blows as possible, roaring across their table at the frustrated nominee, who asked several times for "uninterrupted time to respond...
...Kennedy asked the nominee about his refusal to sign busing orders that would have effectively desegregated the St. Louis school district; Ashcroft replied the busing would have cost too much. Finally, Thurmond took up Ashcroft's case, giving the former Senator a chance to expound on his successes in gun control and drug prevention...
...sultry good looks. His one leading-man role was in the instantly forgettable--what was it called? oh, yes--Excess Baggage, which cooled off Alicia Silverstone's career in no time flat. Mostly he has ornamented indie films (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Funeral, Way of the Gun) with his loping unpredictability; he built a solidly quirky rep, like Nicolas Cage before he went dolefully mainstream...