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kegler

form of fake.] The historical information in the 1998 citation is unverified.

1990 Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Apr. 5) “Re: The Future Is Now”

! It would not be voted the #1 organization by any group of smart fans or any of the kayfabe sheets. This seems to bother you and I can’t figure out why. 1996 Usenet: rec.sport.pro-wrestling (June 19) “Re: [INFO] Hack Notes—12 June 1996” ! HHH lost his push, and was pulled out of all the WWF’s summer PPV’s because of the infamous event at the Garden, i.e. the breaking of keyfabe. 1997 John Kelso

Austin American-Statesman (Tex.) (May 12) “Cult Songs, Wrestling and Deer, Oh My,” p. B1 ! Joe’s interview with you is called a kayfabe interview in the trade. Kayfabe is the wrestling pig-Latin term for fake. As in he kayfabed you about wrestling. 1998 Sharon Mazer Professional Wrestling: Sport and Spectacle (Feb. 1), pp. 22-23 ! All participants, including fans, present others with at least a bit of a “kayfabe,” a term which is taken from nineteenth-century carnival, medicine show, and sideshow practice and simply refers to a con or deception. Kayfabe can also, less pejoratively, refer to participants’ self-promotional, rhetorically inflated, and somewhat truth-obfuscat- ing patter that resembles that of the talkers at the traditional sideshow. A kayfabian, then, is a con artist; most wrestlers are proud to be called kayfabians because it means they’re in on the (con) game.

2002 Bobby Heenan, Steve Anderson Bobby the Brain: Wrestling’s Bad Boy Tells All (Aug. 1), p. 33 ! The babyfaces hung around together and the heels stayed with each other as well. That’s the way it was in those “kayfabe” days. (“Kayfabe” is wrestling slang that refers to protecting the business. To “kayfabe” basically means that the wrestler keeps the inner workings of the business to himself and doesn’t share them with the fans. Sort of like a magician doesn’t reveal his tricks.) 2005

Jimmy Van Pro Wrestling Insider (Apr. 20) “Former WWE Diva Amy Weber Discusses Why She Walked Away from WWE in Detail” (Int.)

! Did you hear any of the old schoolers throw around the word “kayfabe”? Amy said she did and she knows exactly what kayfabe is. JV mentions that kayfabe has sort of died off due to the Internet, but some performers like Ric Flair are still protective.

kegler n. a bowler. Sports. United States. [< German Kegler, a player of a form of ninepins, in which a wooden disk or ball is thrown.]

1923 Sheboygan Press-Telegram (Wisc.) (Apr. 10) “Rotarians Not at Their Best in Wire Tourney,” p. 3 ! DeWitt Riess, another good kegler, was not up to standard. His three-game score of 455 was not anywhere near what he is capable of doing. 2004 Rick McCorkle Daily News (Longview, Wash.) (June 25) “Longview-Kelso Teams Fair Well in All-Stars Tournament” (Int.) ! Hayden, Idaho, kegler Gaylah Spackman

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won the all-events with a tournament-record 2150, a 238.9 average for nine games.

kick flick n. a martial arts movie. Entertainment. Media.

1984 Washington Post (Nov. 2) “Films,” p. W37 ! Ninja III: The Domination...—Lucinda Dickey liberates kung fu as the first woman ever to star in a kick flick. 2005 Tony Mochama Society (Nairobi, Kenya) (June 19) “Mitumba Country” (Int.) ! At the Ronald Ngala Street, people stop to peer through the shop windows at videos— mostly cheap Chinese kick-flicks or weird Nigerian productions—that play in silent mode.

king v. among graffiti artists, to (pervasively) paint one’s name or symbol (throughout an area); to own an area through tagging or bombing. Arts. Slang. United States. [The verb probably derives from the noun king ‘chief or principal person; the best or top person.’ This is supported by some of the cites included below.]

1996 Usenet: alt.graffiti (Jan. 27) “Re: ORFN (S.F.)” ! As far as tightest bay area taggers go i’ve gotta say Kose and Ceav are the best...most up anyhow...definatley kose...he’s the king of the bay, has been since like 93, and before that he was kinging shit with his old name...RDS.

[1996 Usenet: alt.graffiti (July 24) “Re: Supreme Cold Crusherz” !

Dont read subway art, it missinforms you, and corrupts your language with words like “toy” and “king.”] 1997 Usenet: alt.graffiti (July 18) “Re: Tyke+Kaws= Kawn” ! Ive met hiphop heads in graff, ive met dirtty hippies heads in graff, that could probably king all of us, graff isnt a culture by itself, its a big melting pot full of every culture.

1997 Usenet: alt.graffiti (Aug. 11) “Re: Honet Rules!!!” ! Xplicit grafx gives you a wrong insight of paris train scene cause its run by ***- crew and so it makes you believe this xxx-crew is kinging paris trains. [1999 Usenet: fido7.mo.graffiti (Jan. 10) “Dict” ! Crew names are usually three letters, many times ending with “K,” which stands for “kings” or “kills” in most cases. Some crew names are just two letters, some are four, it all depends.... For example, “He’s the king of insides” would mean he’s really up on the insides.... King. The best with the most. Some people refer to different writers as kings of different areas. King of throwups, king of style, king of a certain line, etc.] [1999 Usenet: alt.graffiti (Feb. 28) “Re: World Famous Wake Up Show”

! There is ALOT of crap also...and people who think that just tagging constitutes being king.] 2002 Usenet: alt.gossip.celebrities (Feb. 3) “Re: WEHT That So-called Celebrity Quality-Of-Life Offender?” ! Not to mention that you got busted by the cops in every single solitary town that you attempted to king. [2004 Jane Ganahl San Francisco Chronicle (Calif.) (Nov. 9) “In a Low-Budget, Spontaneous Movie About the

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Mission, Its Walls, and Its Artists, Speak About Life on the Streets” (Int.) ! It was designed loosely on Picasso’s “Burial of Casagemas” painting, but I put a crown on the body, since in graffiti parlance, a “king” is an artist.]

KKN n. corruption, collusion, and nepotism. < English. Acronym. Business. Crime & Prisons. Indonesia. Politics. [Initialism of the Bahasa Indonesia words korupsi, kolusi and nepotisme, which are probably derived from English.]

1998 Usenet: soc.culture.singapore (Mar. 17) “Harry Lee, Is There Corruption Involved in the Small Arms Industry?” ! Could the kkn (korupsi, kolusi dan nepotisme) plague thrive in HDB-land after all?

1998 Bisnis Indonesia (May 22) “Habibie Must Show Anti-KKN Stance.” ! A number of public figures expect President BJ Habibie to come up with a cabinet that is free from practices that reek of collusion, corruption and nepotism (otherwise known here as KKN) in order to gain public and international trust. 2004 Jakarta Post

(Indonesia) (Oct. 20) “People Have Their Say on Susilo” (Int.) ! He will have to deal with KKN (the Indonesian acronym for corruption, collusion and nepotism).

KLPD n. sexual frustration; blue balls; unfulfilled (sexual) desire or an unfulfilled promise; (hence) a letdown, a disappointment. Also KLD. Acronym. India. Pakistan. [From Hindi and Urdu, variously transcribed as (Khadi | Kade | Khade | Kheray | Khari) (Lun | Lund

| Land) (Par | Pe | Par) (Dhokha | Dhoka), meaning, roughly, “trick or betrayal of an erect penis.”]

1992 Usenet: soc.culture.pakistan (May 15) “Re: Population Explosion”

! The problem with deliberately arousing one sexually and then refusing to have sex (what a friend of mine used to refer to as KLPD) is not like showing $1000 bills. There is an emotional cycle that is started in the process, that should normally end in an intercourse.

1993 Usenet: soc.culture.indian (July 28) “KLPD” ! KLPD: All the netlangots on the net, standing and cheering the imminent demise of PVNR (the government I mean) and the imminent Snagh-Parivar- Ram-Rajya. A sad case of deflation. Perhaps one could call it Khade lang(ot) per Dhoka? eh? 1995 Usenet: rec.sport.cricket (Apr. 3) “Re: 1st Test WI AUS” ! Judging from the WIndies record, the Australian fans shouldn’t be celebrating yet. Otherwise, they will be setting themselves up for one long, big and painful KLPD. 1999 Vandana Aggarwal JaaL (India) (Mar. 1) “Are Indian Women Frigid?” (Int.)

! “This guy Raju rescues this woman from a sadistic husband,

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restores her confidence in her art, makes her a star...and what does he get in return? Ruin and death. That’s the classic Indian woman, frigid and prude. It was the ultimate example of KLPD.” “What’s KLPD?” “Khari L.... Par Dhoka!” “What’s L.... ?”...(I couldn’t see the connection. That’s why I’m convinced that the brains of the Indian males lie mostly in their L...s.) 2000 Usenet: rec.arts.movies.local.indian (Aug. 6) “Review of Refugee from Gandmasti.Com + a Request...“ ! He falls in luv with Karona and goes Crowna...Crowna...Crowna till he realises it is a major one way traffic for him. Crowna has given him KLD (Khade L*nd pe Dhoka). 2000 Usenet: soc.culture.indian

(Nov. 18) “Re: Gore Gored: Judge Terry Lewis Supports Harris” !

“What is KLPD?” “Kade lund pe dhokha. It was slang in IITK— dunno if it was more universal.” 2000 Amit Goel Amit Goel (India) (Dec.) “The Big Island, Hawaii” (Int.) ! Kahuna Falls were a major KLPD! *2002 B.R. Gurunandan Cybersteering.com (India) (Apr. 16) “Zen & the Info for Bullet Maintenance: Part 2” (Int.) ! I hate a KLPD as much as you do, but heck, nothing worthwhile comes in an instant.... So let us go the systematic route, by listing some more helpful ideas & things before we get oil on our hands.... Whoever says India does not protect Intellectual Property, curb piracy, etc must try to get the workshop manual or a spare copy of the owner’s manual!...When you finally manage to get it, THEN you know what a KLPD REALLY is!...They haven’t been seriously updated in donkey’s years. They are often misleading. 2002 Usenet: soc.culture.indian.delh

! One may say “klpd ho gaya” when one is frustrated in reaching a much anticipated and sought after goal. For instance, you wanted desperately to go see a certain show and you had even found tickets to the best seats in the house—only due to some problem, the show is cancelled at the last moment. It could be “a major klpd” as you may explain to your friend later. 2002 Vikas Kamat Kamat’s Potpourri (Nov. 11) “Monsoon Wedding, Good” (Int.) ! When Aditi’s brother whispers “KLPD.” This was quite a popular slang during my time. The movie translated KLPD as “betrayal of the erect penis,” but the slang has a far more hilarious connotation. BTW, in my time, there was even more hilarious slang KLPR (khade lund pe Rakhi). *2005 [Vikram] DesiFantasy.com (India) (Mar. 4) “A Long Long Time Ago” (Int.) ! We reached the climax, and I see that it’s time and held by the hips while she was bent and pressed fully into her arse and grabbed her tits. She reacted and said stop. I will complain etc—I stopped, and she left with a remark “bathroom mein maza kar lena.” I said that what a klpd, and said maybe I went too far.

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knot n. a roll of paper currency, esp. many smalldenomination bills wrapped in a higher-value note. Also Michigan roll, Missouri roll. Hip-Hop. Slang. United States.

1998 DMX, The L.O.X., Mace Woo (May 5) “Niggas Dun Started Sumthin’ ” Soundtrack (Int.) ! Yo Mase and The Lox we taking knots from the outta state

spots/Any nigga make it hot get found in vacant lot.

1999 Eminem, Dr. Dre Slim Shady (Feb. 23) “If I Had” ! I’m tired of faking knots with a stack of ones/Having a lack of funds and resorting back to guns.

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land of fruits and nuts n. California. California. Derogatory. A reference to both the agricultural bounty of California and the stereotypical image of Californians as being other than normal, fruit n., ‘a crazy person’ and nuts adj., ‘crazy.’ Usually jocular but sometimes derogatory.

1970 Terry Galanoy Chicago Tribune (Aug. 30) “Ted Liss—Talent Polisher,” p. 42 ! You can make book on some of the people who were there. That is, if you get a chance to see them perform before some midnight rider from the William Morris Agency makes off with them to the land of fruits and nuts. 1982 Al Strachan Globe and Mail

(Toronto, Can.) (Sept. 7) “NFC West Holds Surprises Falcons Should Soar; 49ers Must Dig Deep,” p. P61 ! Last year, San Francisco 49ers came out of the land of fruits and nuts to surprise almost everyone and become NFL champions. 1990 Ronald Reagan An American Life (Nov. 15), p. 201 (Oct. 1, 1999) ! In the presidential race, I knew we’d have to confront a different stereotype: the bias many Northeasterns held against Californians—the one that says since California is a land of fruit and nuts, it’s a great place if you’re an orange. 2003

Mary Starrett NewsWithViews.com (May 14) “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” (Int.) ! From the land of fruit and nuts comes word of the Oreo lawsuit. A San Francisco lawyer has sued Kraft foods because the popular cookies contain “trans fats.”

learning cottage n. a residential trailer (British ‘caravan’; American ‘mobile home’) used as a temporary or portable classroom. Education. United States.

1996 Mark Schultz Chapel Hill Herald

(Durham, N.C.) (July 10) “Trailers Still Needed Despite New School,” p. 1 ! “The big joke around here is we call them ‘learning cottages,’ ” said Joines, who taught in the same trailer last year, her first in the system. 1999

Victoria Benning Washington Post (May 6) “Learning on the Run: Trailer Classrooms Are a Way of Life at Centre Ridge Elementary, Which Makes Getting to Class—and to the Bathroom—a Negotiation,” p. B1

! Eight of the trailers—or “learning cottages,” as Fairfax parents and

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staff jokingly call them—house fourth-grade classes, four are thirdgrade classrooms, and the remaining ones are used for music and classes for gifted and disabled students. 2000 Mary MacDonald

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Ga.) (Nov. 4) “Marietta Schools Fight Battle of Bulge; ‘Retreat’ Today to Discuss Influx,” p. G6 ! Photo Fifthgraders in Erica Allen’s class at Lockheed Elementary School place their book bags into plastic bins outside their “trailer,” which has been dubbed a “learning cottage.” 2004 Meredith Byrne B9_Learning

(Atlanta, Ga.) (Dec. 9) “A Little TinTin-Nabulation: Trailer Trainin’ (Web Hook-Up)!” (Int.) ! Somehow, trailer (be it on a farm, or in a public school parking lot) just seems to lack esteemable associations. So now they’ve coined the term “learning cottage” to soften up the blow...at the same time I can’t help but to think “learning cell.”

leitkultur n. mainstream or guiding culture. German. Germany. [German leit ‘leading (adj.); leader’ + kultur ‘culture.’]

1995 Stephan Speicher Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Mar. 8) “Europa ist nicht Biarritz,” p. 39 ! Immer noch befassten sich Buerger und Medien lieber mit der (nationalen) Innenpolitik, als mit aussenoder europapolitischen Fragen. So komme es darauf an, ein Bewusstsein der gemeinsamen europaeischen Kultur zu entwickeln. Dass eine Leitkultur, wie es die franzoesische ueber Jahrhunderte war, nicht mehr anerkannt wird, soll dabei nicht stoeren; vielmehr zur Anerkennung des Reichtums fuehren. 2000 Erik Kirschbaum @ Berlin, Germany (Reuters) (Oct. 25) “German Conservatives Push for Immigration Controls” ! Merz, CDU parliamentary floor leader, has been criticised for saying foreigners had no choice but to accept German as the “dominant culture,” using the term German “Leitkultur” that raised memories of terms used by the Nazis. 2001 Imre Karacs @ Berlin, Germany Independent (U.K.) (Apr. 12) “ ‘Stress Society’ Makes More Time for Fun,” p. 15 ! There has been much talk in recent months of the emerging Spasskultur—roughly translatable as “fun ethos,” and not to be confused with Leitkultur. The latter is an undefined mishmash of traditional German values with which, according to some conservative politicians, immigrants should be force-fed. 2004 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) (Nov. 22) (Int.) in BBC News “European Press Review” ! “This debate,” it adds, “must not omit the issue of a (German) ‘Leitkultur’ (guiding culture), nor the commitments which a self-confident society...not ashamed of its Christian foundations may require of those who live in its midst.”

lesbian bed death n. the decline of sexual relations between a committed lesbian couple. Sexuality.

1992 Usenet: rec.music.video (Oct. 6) “Re: The Girls of Music Video”

! Railing against lesbian bed death, she vows to marry a real man,

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like a college sophomore in Computer Science. 1995 John Haslett Cuff Globe and Mail (Toronto, Can.) (Nov. 29) “Hutton Has Brains ‘n’ Beauty,” p. C1 ! The talk I heard was exclusively about relationships and careers, subjects ranging from lesbian “bed death” (translation: domestic sexual ennui) and “toxic men,” mostly those who have never been married or ever had a long, serious relationship with a woman.

2000 D. Merilee Clunis, G. Dorsey Green Lesbian Couples (Aug. 1) 3 ed., p. 104 ! Greta is more interested in sex than her partner, Jen. If the frequency or intensity of their sex life slips a bit, Greta is convinced it is the beginning of “lesbian bed death.”

levanton n. a lift or boost; a kidnapping; a ride (in a vehicle); euphoria or an emotional lift. Mexico. Spanish. United States. [From the Spanish levantar ‘to lift, raise, pick up.’ In Spanish the word is accented: levantón.]

1990 Patrick McDonnell L.A. Times (Sept. 2) “The Lethal Path to the North Popular Alien Route Crosses, Crisscrosses Perilous Freeways,” p. 1 ! The smugglers, mostly men in their 20s, station themselves at strategic spots—along the roadway shoulders, medians and in adjoining brush-offering levantones (“lifts,” or “rides”)...“Levanton! Levanton!” the smugglers advertise as each new group arrives alongside the edge of I-5. 1996 Ana Luisa Ochoa @ Mexico, D.F. Mundo Ejecutivo (July 1) “Industria hotelera Definiendo estrategias” ! Para que Mexico de el verdadero levanton en la industria turistica y, por consiguiente, en la hoteleria, se debe concientizar a los servidores y funcionarios publicos de la importancia del turismo. 1996 Jorge Ernesto Witker @ Mexico, D.F. Crónica (Nov. 16) “Entrenador nuevo, filosofia vieja”

! Con la llegada de Carlos Miloc, la inyeccion de momentaneo animo produjo el acostumbrado levanton del debut. 2002 (AP) (Dec. 10) “DEP FUT Mexico Semifinales” (in Torreon, Mexico) ! Por su parte el entrenador del Santos, Luis Fernando Tena, senalo que su equipo tuvo “un levanton” en buena momento, por lo que espera que sus jugadores sigan poniendo su “maxima entrega.” 2004 Mark Getty @ Ciudad Juárez Frontera NorteSur (N.Mex.) (Jan.-Feb.) “Mexico’s Forgotten Disappeared: The Victims of the Border Narco Bloodbath” (Int.)

! During the last 10 years, hundreds of people from Tijuana to Matamoros have been forcibly carted off by heavily armed men sometimes sporting police insignias and uniforms. They are the victims of a style of violence known in border lingo as the “levantón,” which could be literally translated as the “lift” or “pickup.” Occasionally the “levantados” turn up murdered bearing signs of torture but frequently they are transformed into memories of agony for distraught relatives.

2004 Minerva Canto @ Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Orange County Register (Calif.) (June 15) “Sure Her Husband Is Innocent, Miriam Garcia Won’t Turn Her Back on Him,” p. 1 ! Miriam fears her husband is the victim

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of a levanton, one of the kidnappings that plague this border city as the drug trade spreads its ugly claws. 2004 Aline Corpus, Tim Gaynor @ Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico (Reuters) (Sept. 15) “ ‘Disappearance’ New Weapon in Mexico Drug Wars” (Int.) ! The incident is one of a rising number of forcible abductions in crime-ridden towns and cities flanking the 2,000-mile (3,200-km) U.S. border. They have become so common that local residents have coined a name for the phenomenon: the “levanton” or “big pickup.” *2004 State of Calif. (California Highway Patrol) (Sept. 16) “Child Booster Seats” (Int.) !

Give ’Em a Boost!...Déles Un Levantón! *2004 [Tony] Chalino Sanchez Site (Sept. 17) “The Truth Is Out There...This May Be It.” (Int.)

! Chalino having grown up in Sinaloa, being in the mob himself, could have spotted a “levanton” miles away. Chalino had to have known that if you get pulled over at 3 am by federales your chances of living are zero.

LGBTQ adj. having a sexual orientation other than heterosexual.

Acronym. Gay. Sexuality. United States. [Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual/two-spirited, queer/questioning.]

1991 Val Codd, Rebecca Myers-Spiers Off Our Backs (Aug. 1) “Young Queers Unite,” vol. 29, no. 8, p. 4 ! Many participants voiced concern that although the Castro, the city’s premier gay neighborhood, is a safe space for all lgbtq people, it is primarily a gay male middle-class enclave, and is not always a safe space for queer homeless youth.

1998 Daphne Scholinski The Last Time I Wore a Dress (Oct. 1), p. 209

! National coalition of organizations and agencies serving LGBTQ youth. 2004 Sheila Mullowney Newport Daily News (R.I.) (May 17) “ ‘Queer’ Label Still Raises Questions” (Int.) ! It can be used to

describe both gender identity and sexual orientation and increasingly is being used in a new, wide-ranging alphabet soup—LGBTQQ, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning in Youth Pride’s case, or in the case of the Rhode Island Foundation’s “Meet the Neighbors” report released last year, LGBTQ, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited (a Native American reference), queer and questioning.

libero n. in volleyball, a restricted, roaming back row player. Italian. Sports. [From Italian adj. libero ‘free,’ a shortened form of battitore libero ‘free beater,’ a similar position in soccer that originated with a Milanese team in the late 1960s.]

1996 Usenet: rec.sport.volleyball (Feb. 27) “Atuacao do Libero”

! Gostaria de saber como sera a atuacao do libero numa equipe de volley diante da possibilidade dessa alteracao na regra. 1996 Usenet: rec.sport.volleyball (Mar. 20) “Bonus Point Scoring Info Web Site”

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! The better defence is perhaps true in lower level of playing, where the attack is not so strong. My prognosis is also that the new “libero” concept, approved recently in FIVB to be tested after Atlanta, will give similar results. 1996 AFP (July 18) “Volleyball Is to Bring in Softer Balls” ! The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has decided to reduce the pressure of balls for the men’s game by a quarter to give defences a better chance. The libero system—where a designated player can be sent in and out of court by coaches for backcourt play—will be tested at the Grand Prix series this year.

1998 AFP (Apr. 20) “Championships” (in Tokyo) ! According to the new rules, each team can register one specialised defensive player “libero,” who is restricted to performing as a back row player, not hitting an attack, serving, blocking or attempting to block. 2004

Dave Campbell News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) (Dec. 15) “Gophers, Gentil Geared Up for Another Final Four” (Int.) ! One of the additions was the libero. It’s an Italian word meaning “free”...can come in at any time in the back row without counting against the team’s substitution limit.

lily pad n. an outpost, advance camp, foreign base, or staging area.

Military. United States.

1998 Robert Goodrich St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Mo.) (Nov. 13) “Buildup Order Kicks Air Base Into High Gear,” p. A7 ! McPhillips described the operation as “building an air bridge” to the Mideast, with stops at “lily pads along the way” in addition to aerial refueling.

2001 (M2 Presswire) (Nov. 27) “DoD News Briefing” ! Mr. Secretary, can you tell us, do you envision the force of Marines as the vanguard in the battle against terrorism in Afghanistan? Do you see them being used to seek out and destroy al Qaeda networks, or are they setting up a lily pad of sorts, for other units that will follow on? 2001 Hilary Mackenzie @ Washington, D.C. Ottawa Citizen (Can.) (Dec. 1) “Rebels Close in on Last Taliban Stronghold” ! Terrorist Osama bin Laden had a different agenda, he said. “He uses Afghanistan as a lily pad, a place to be, a place to go out and kill other people around the world.”

2002 Dennis Blair (Federal Document Clearing House) (Mar. 7) “House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction Holds a Hearing on FY 2003 Pacific Command Appropriations” ! We went too deep in Guam with our closures. It’s the last piece of land in the west that we own. It’s United States owned. It’s going to be a lily pad for moving out. 2002 William Safire @ Washington, D.C. Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Sept. 19) “Germany No Longer Necessary,” p. A15 ! We are already “reconfiguring our foot- print”—that is, reviewing deployment of our troops globally to make us capable of applying mobile force anywhere rather than to sit in

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