For several weeks, soldiers have been trundling around the New Mexico desert at White Sands Missile Range in a variety of armored vehicles--both foreign and domestic. They've been taking notes on what capabilities the Army should seek in its new infantry fighting vehicle.DAN PARSONS...
1. To shove, cram, or pack something down into something else. A noun or pronoun is used between "stuff" and "down."The criminal stuffed the bag of drugs down his pants when he saw a police car approaching.She ripped up the subpoena in rage and stuffed it down the garbage disposal....
Jim White gets a double play as he has a new record out (‘Waffles, Triangles & Jesus’) AND he played an amazing gig at Dingwalls a couple of weeks ago. In between stories of growing up in Pensacola, Florida, his lifetime of adventures and reflections on aging, he played us the mos...
We have a townhouse in Richmond now, as well as the house on the farm. SIGH. The CEO loves it that the townhouse feels a little bit like a rental condo. I, on the other hand, do not. And I cannot keep track of what is in the pantry/freezer/fridge both at the townhouse and the...
At noon in the desert a panting lizard waited for history, its elbows tense, watching the curve of a particular road as if something might happen. It was looking at something farther off than people could see, an important scene acted in stone for little selves ...
Well…Nice is a relevant term. It’s decent. I blasted through a beer and wings for lunch. Awaiting a second beer and a bit of desert. As I sit and listen to the music, I am reminded of the outside world I have been disconnected from lately. It’s not hyper active in the place...
Amoret, Texas, 1982. Life along the border is harsh, but in a world where cultures work together to carve a living from the desert landscape, Blaine Beckett lives a life of isolation. A transplanted Boston intellectual, for twenty years locals have viewed him as a snob, a misanthrope, an...
desert after a camel ride there was a stark contrast to every little thing we did in our travels across the state of Rajasthan. The amazing food we ate every evening at a different place, the warm milk and hot jalebis in a chilling weather in Japiur or the Rajasthani thali we hogged ...
The opening scene, for it is a scene, takes us into Jane’s living room, inside Jane’s head – My own husband. We linger here only briefly, however, before jumping into the lives of 1940’s test piolets, to Edwards Airforce Base and the dusty desert, in the next chapters. We’re...
Hello.I am a writer called Paul Brown. I write about history, sport, true crime, rocketbelts, and lots of other stuff. welcome The Tyne Bridge Icon of North-East England Hurst, 9781911723387 New in paperback for 2024A richly-illustrated narrative history celebrating the famous 100-year-old ...