Today, Joachim Sauer, spouse of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, quietly pursues quantum chemistry — spared the burden of beautifying highways, picking china or helping children, much less supplying behind-the-scenes counsel.
MOSCOW — With planning for the Western military withdrawal from Afghanistan in full swing, officials in Uzbekistan want to make a deal: we will provide the roads out if you leave some of those extra vehicles and supplies behind for us.
Tyco, based in Bermuda but run from Exeter, is also a large maker of security systems and industrial valves, and is the second-largest maker of medical supplies, behind Johnson & Johnson, it said.
Many of the Americans leave equipment and supplies behind as gifts, a gesture that is deeply appreciated by troops who are short of everything from boots and maps to two-way radios.
During World War II, Gen Orde Wingate and his British Chindit raiders used horses and mules to carry supplies behind enemy lines in Burma.
During the journey Bowen and two friends will ride bikes, while a support team of two filmmakers and a photographer will tow supplies behind a Land Rover.
A brief exchange of fire took place: but the Americans, clearly outmatched by Fraser's forces, broke and ran, leaving arms and supplies behind.
He may even have known that the Central Intelligence Agency had been using 727s to drop agents and supplies behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War.
