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...Bravo Company, part of the 502nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne, the battle for Karbala started ahead of schedule on the morning of April 5. Bravo was still two blocks south of its first objective, a water-treatment plant, when it began taking fire. "We were two minutes in, and we were in full contact," said Sergeant Mark de la Garza...
Some pranks were innocent. He kept step with people talking on cell phones and mimicked their conversations. He grabbed women’s hands, only to plant a kiss on his own arm. When women posed for pictures with him, he pulled off his nose and kissed them on the cheek...
...Desert Storm air campaign blasted Iraqi defenses in Kuwait, Bush flew to Andover, Mass., for a rally at the Raytheon plant, which manufactured the Patriot Air Defense System. In the middle of a rousing speech, he noted, almost as an aside, "There's another way for the bloodshed to stop, and this is for the Iraqi military and the Iraqi people to take matters into their own hands and force Saddam Hussein, the dictator, to step aside...
Yerba mate, a rain-forest plant native to South America, has long been brewed there as an alternative to tea and coffee. Mate sippers credit the green tea-like drink, which has less caffeine than coffee, with fighting fatigue, aiding digestion and helping defog the brain. Now yerba mate, in flavors like orange blossom and mint, is showing up in the U.S. in specialty teas, chocolates and bottled drinks. The grassy-tasting plant has been added to two varieties of SmartChocolate bars, a new raspberry flavor of Vitaminwater called Determination, and Zygo, a peach-infused vodka. Enthusiasts claim the plant...
White has a voice like Robert Plant's: he's electric in his upper register, and he brings the perfect tension to songs about sex and longing. Blessedly, Elephant, the White Stripes' fourth album, is all about sex and longing. Seven Nation Army and There's No Home for You Here are grinding guitar classics about postbreakup frustration. (Brother and sister? Sure.) Ball and Biscuit is classically naughty and bluesy, while You've Got Her in Your Pocket and I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart are soft, hymnal and far sweeter than you would...