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"Pentagon is a 1986 political novel by Allen Drury which follows the American military bureaucracy as it reacts to a crisis with the Soviet Union. It is a standalone work set in a different fictional timeline from Drury's 1959 novel Advise and Consent, which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel was published in the United Kingdom as The Destiny Makers in 1988. Plot summary The Soviet Union invades and occupies a sparsely-populated Pacific atoll and proceeds to kill the inhabitants and gradually construct a missile and submarine base. Diplomatic overtures by the United States accomplish nothing, and military response to this Soviet threat seems necessary. Such plans, however, are frustrated by infighting within the Pentagon, Congress, and elsewhere in the government. When the novel ends, the U.S. has failed to respond and the Soviets have consolidated their hold on the atoll. Critical reception The Destiny Makers (1988, UK) Publishers Weekly called the idea behind the novel "promising" but then noted, "the book's merit ends with that concept". The review went on to criticize it as a "bloated, wooden novel that lacks the simplest of narrative virtues" and added, "as the Pentagon's mishandling of this crisis reaches near-buffoonery, Drury's attempted critique of a bureaucracy burdened with political infighting, waste and mismanagement unintentionally becomes almost comic for those readers with the endurance to get that far." Diane D. Henderson of The Washington Monthly called the novel "a big, sprawling work ... [that] never quite achieves coherence or focus". She writes: The novel was released by Severn House Publishers in the United Kingdom as The Destiny Makers in August 1988. References External links Category:1986 American novels Category:American political novels Category:Doubleday (publisher) books Category:Novels by Allen Drury Category:Novels set on islands "
"right Rainbow Boulevard is a main roadway located in southeastern Wyandotte County and northeastern Johnson County, Kansas. It runs north-south. Its northern terminus is just south of Interstate 35 at Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas. Its southern terminus at Shawnee Mission Parkway in Mission Woods, Kansas. Highway route =Current Highways= 26px U.S. Route 169 - US 169 has always existed along Rainbow Boulevard since its commissioning. It continues south from the 7th Street Trafficway, the name of Rainbow north of Southwest Blvd., and follows the entire length of Rainbow to Shawnee Mission Parkway, where it duplexes with U.S. Route 56 and heads west. Cities traversedKansas City, Kansas *Westwood, Kansas *Westwood Hills, Kansas *Mission Woods, Kansas References Category:Transportation in Wyandotte County, Kansas Category:Transportation in Johnson County, Kansas Category:Transportation in the Kansas City metropolitan area Category:Roads in Kansas "
"is a video game console-only sequel to the 1983 Namco/Midway arcade game Mappy. The game was developed by TOSE and published by Namco in Japan and Taxan in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was later released by Bandai Namco Games for the Wii U Virtual Console worldwide in February 2015. Storyline Mappy must travel through various themed areas, collecting six target items in each one, while attempting to avoid Goro and his gang of Meowkies. The target items differ depending on the story: * Story 1: It is Mapico's birthday, and you are collecting cheese as her present. * Story 2: Mappy wishes to marry Mapico, and must collect wedding rings. * Story 3: Mappy and Mapico are having a Christmas party, and Christmas trees must be collected. * Story 4: It is Mappy Jr.'s birthday, and you are collecting baseballs for his present. After completing Story 4, it loops back to the first story. There are eight areas with various unique features, and Goro wears costumes corresponding to each theme. # Railroad Town # Western World # Tropical World # Jungle World # Pirate World # Ghost Town # Seventh Avenue # Milky Town Gameplay The gameplay is similar to the original Mappy, where you must collect items and avoid enemies with the assistance of trampolines that will break if jumped on too many times before landing (Jungle World being the one exception to this). Unlike the original, the doors and Microwave Doors are not present, and instead stage specific counterattack items can be used. Mappy can perform a short jump to trigger these items as well as collect the target items; he can also jump over the Meowkies if timed well. In addition, Mappy can carry a number of distraction items (up to 15) to temporarily stop enemies from pursuing: * Cat Toys - Meowkies will dance around these, and you can harmlessly pass them by. Goro will not be affected. * Gold Coin - Goro will dance around this and not harm you. Meowkies will not be affected. * Silver Vine Pots - Meowkies will lose consciousness. Goro will not be affected. * Fish - This will bounce forward in the direction you face. Both Goro and the Meowkies will chase it. In the Ghost Town, Mappy will use a flashlight to ward off the ghosts, and can travel the stage with a balloon. In order to finish a stage, you must collect all six target items and then proceed to the exit on the right. Sometimes in certain stories you must also locate a subarea to obtain a special item before you can exit. If you take too long to finish an area, a warning chime will sound and the music will speed up, and eventually a Goro Coin will chase you as well, which cannot be attacked or distracted. * In the Ghost Town, sometimes the subarea you must enter is reminiscent of the original Mappy game, complete with its theme music playing. However, you are only locating a doorway that leads to the next area, while all others warp you to a different doorway instead. Once you reach the last area (Milky Town) and collect all the items, you must enter the castle and play an extra area; the six target items within must be collected and brought to Mapico or Mappy Jr. before the music ends. If you fail to do this, you must retry the extra area until you are successful. When successful, bonus points are awarded and you start the next story in the first area. Later stories alter the stage layouts and the enemies become much faster. In some areas a bonus subarea can be found. These bonus subareas can reward you with additional distraction items and extra lives. In order to access these, Mappy must be carrying no distraction items and must jump on a particular trampoline without any controller input; if successful, Mappy will then be sent upwards to the bonus subarea. Legacy Mappy-Land is one of the games included in the compilation Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2. References Category:1986 video games Category:Mappy Category:Namco games Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games Category:Platform games Category:Tose (company) games Category:Video games about police officers Category:Video games developed in Japan Category:Virtual Console games Category:Virtual Console games for Wii U "