Word: armfuls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President Ortega tells Rushdie, la Cia is responsible for most of the contras' strength. Popular support for the Managua regime is demonstrated by the Sandinistas' ability to arm peasants to fight against the contras without fear of an uprising. But why have the Miskito Indians, who live at the heart of the war zone not been similarily armed? This book offers no explanation, despite Rushdie's claim that the Sandinistas and Miskitos have reached a reconciliation...
Since their formation in 1775, the Marines have evolved into an arm of American foreign policy based on rapier-sharp discipline, a powerful code of integrity and a lustrous reputation as the nation's truest warriors. With just 196,000 members, the Marine Corps regards itself as the elite military service, though it is technically an arm of the Navy. But what most distinguishes the Marine Corps, forging the powerful esprit and the ideal of Semper Fidelis, is the basic training...
Again and again, however, the eye goes back to a more sober image, Canyon Country, California, June 1983, one of Sternfeld's infrequent portraits. A man sits before the camera with his arm around a young girl who appears to be his daughter. He looks at the lens. She looks into the distance. Behind them, a suburban street heads out toward a ridge of parched mountains. These are the people in the advance guard of that spreading population, the now-and-future pioneers of perhaps doubtful American prospects. If their implacability looks admirable, Sternfeld has also made...
...innings last season, senior Kevin Curtin and sophomore Greg Ubert will make up the core of the staff. That trio, which threw for a combined record of 9-7 last year, will be joined by senior southpaw Jim Chenevy, who has been experiencing some arm trouble. Freshmen Bob Baxter and Mike Dorrington are both expected to see some playing time...
...year-old War College is an arm of the United States Navy and teaches senior officers in the Navy and Marine Corps as well as members of such branches of the government as the State Department "how to be strategically smart," according to Department Chairman for Strategy Alvin H. Bernstein...