Word: ambusher
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...full title of Richard Sommer's poem is "To Speed and Greta: A Word About Your Friend, Dead in Ambush; Algeria, November 1, 1957." It is a kind and wise, but realistic "Word." Sommer talks in verse about the memory of a dead friend and troubling inadequacies of memory. The metaphor of "masks" and "manikin" creates a speculative whole that reveals with emotion the sense of emptiness a death creates. One or two lines are too harsh for the general tone of the poem, however...
...organize his 135-vehicle Southwestern Motor Transport, Inc. in 1955. When he balked at the Teamsters' demands, Gilbert said, they stoned and tossed homemade fire bombs at his trucks, planted marijuana in the cars of Southwestern employees, made threatening telephone calls. They also considered shooting Gilbert from ambush and wrecking his home with hand grenades given them by a friendly Army supply sergeant at Fort Sill, Okla...
...active as the French army. Orders have gone out to boycott the elections, and Moslems have been told to leave the towns and hide out in the hills and forests until after election day. The rebels warn that they will mine the roads leading to polling places and ambush trucks carrying voters into the towns. If Moslems are forced to go cast their ballots, the F.L.N. advises them to leave their registration cards at home. If nothing else is possible, they should vote...
...last week the rebels halted a Havana-Santiago train, killed most of the armed guard aboard, rescued a rebel leader being transported for trial and. after waiting vainly to ambush the expected counterattack, retired in leisurely fashion. Two days later they severed the SantiagoGuantanamo highway, blocked traffic for three hours, again withdrew without interference. Nightly, the rebels sniped at the army garrison guarding the Yateras waterworks, which supplies the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo...
Richard Diamond (Thurs. 8 p.m., E.D.T., CBS). Very much a Diamond in the rough, "Rick" brawls with as much zest as McGraw, has got his quota of lumps when outnumbered by thugs in ambush. A smooth, handsome bruiser with dark curly hair, Diamond (David Janssen) can incapacitate an enemy for hours with his trick judo neck-chop, also has a vicious knee uppercut that comes close to decapitating downed adversaries. Diamond's most amazing talent is his ability to keep his fedora on, no matter how violent the battle. His worst quality seems to be his flagrant affection...