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...screeches toward the front of the convoy, and gunmen inside open fire on the U.S. soldiers. Through his night-vision goggles, Turner spots three men carrying rocket-propelled-grenade launchers racing toward the stalled convoy. Bullets are zinging in from fields. The gunners atop the humvees open up with their .50-cal. machine guns, and red tracer bullets carve across the darkness. "Call me a friggin' detective, but I'd say they knew we were coming!" yells Turner while radioing for a medevac helicopter. The five soldiers inside the flaming humvee, although burned and slashed by flying shrapnel, have survived...
...special forces alert the company by radio that three Taliban fighters are moving through the canyon so the soldiers should be ready to shoot. But the insurgents are beyond the reach of the .30-cal. machine gun. That night Lieut. Mark Stein sends out a patrol with night-vision goggles to explore the ridge where the lone Taliban fighter was seen. There's no trace...
...wrong, Core Curriculum? Larry Summers, with his refreshingly willful behavior, was the one hope for grand vision, and he has already excused himself from the Curricular Review altogether...
...celebrate their longevity with this rollicking romp in the hay wasn't clear. But the lavish event also highlighted the fact that Dolce & Gabbana, once fresh from the farm themselves, have ripened into internationally respected designers with sales of $885 million in 2004 and an instantly recognizable, singular vision. The duo, along with other big names such as Armani and Versace, have long dominated the business, but the spring-summer 2006 collections also showcased new talent that has managed to grow in their deep shadow. All eyes last week were on newcomers like Frida Giannini, 33, who presented her first...
...Homi Bhabha brings to the Humanities Center...a keen eye for cultural and political questions that spill across academic disciplines,” Sandel said. “His bold and generous vision of the humanities is sure to attract colleagues from across the University into lively and unexpected intellectual engagements...