Word: 180th
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...film spans two decades, beginning on July 4, 1956. Ron Kovic's tenth birthday is the U.S.'s 180th, and his hometown of Massapequa, N.Y., is parading its patriotism down Main Street. Disabled veterans are wheeled out, including one (played by the real Kovic, co-author of the film's screenplay) who flinches at the sound of a firecracker. It must remind him of a war that demands elegies. But young Ron -- too busy watching skyrockets that night to pay attention to a first kiss from his precocious friend Donna -- sees organized gunplay as the short road to manly glory...
...Saeb Salem declared that his wife in Beirut had spent the previous night in a bomb shelter. He had no intention of discussing anything, said Salem, until the conference had at least agreed to a ceasefire. That evening, Salem got his wish. According to Beirut newspapers, it was the 180th official cease-fire to be declared in Lebanon since the civil war broke out in 1975. -By William E. Smith. Reported by Roland Flamini/Lausanne and Johanna McGeary/Washington