Daesh is putting up intense resistance but the Iraqi soldiers are not scared; they just advance," he said.
Eight of the vehicles have been ordered so far, but the mayor predicted they would be "just advance party" for "a legion of their type".
Divers like Gala and Short were just advance scouts for the mud-spattered army behind them, lugging thirty-pound rubber duffelbags through the cave — sherpas of a sort, though they'd never set foot on a mountaintop.
"When people have a sense that you believe that there is something bigger than yourself in life," Mr. Schundler said, "I think it gives them confidence that you will show some self-restraint in the exercise of power, that you actually will try to do good, and not just advance yourself".
The resulting report doesn't just advance the knowledge of Mayan culture and technology, but the science of archaeology itself.
[Update: Some in the sharing economy would like more regulatory clarity, though, as having to jam employees into either full-time or contractor classifications that don't fit exposes them to liability.] Hopefully Clinton won't just advance a rigid, "full-time is always better" policy.
