Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...niche in life, with just the right touch of humor. But when the script calls for stature to compensate for its lack of explanation, Toope flounders and the events cease to make sense. In the novel, Pierre, a self-proclaimed "military observer," realizes there is only confusion on the battlefield and in this admission of his impotence, there is strength. In the play, however, Pierre simulates the battle, moving model soldiers across a lighted destiny stage as the generals yell and cannonballs whistle and burst in the background. It is an awkward scene anyway, with the aristocrat straining to shift...
...dominated by the major village of Yamit. Established only 15 months ago, Yamit is a bustling community of 850 inhabitants who commute to jobs in Israel proper, and construction is under way on housing for hundreds more. Central Sinai, east of the Giddi and Mitla passes, is a natural battlefield and ideal tank country. So far, Israel and Egypt have fought three wars there in only 20 years. Israel intends to hold this area with military installations. At Bir Gifgafa, 15 miles north of the Giddi Pass, is a giant forward base containing tank-repair shops and jet-fighter strips...
...operation was Energy Chief James Schlesinger, who helped draft the natural gas bill and cut red tape to get gas supplies moving. When Carter left his Cabinet meeting, he put Schlesinger in charge of a "more thorough discussion." Says a White House aide: "Schlesinger has been a sort of battlefield commander. He's been in the middle of the fray, not in a tower in the White House." An early riser, Schlesinger has been calling his aides at 7a.m. "Jim has imparted a sense of urgency," says an aide who does not mind being awakened...
...years Washington has supported Israel with a staggering $6.9 billion worth of weapons, and this year, depending on the Congress, the total could rise by as much as $1.5 billion. In return for this largesse, Israel has provided U.S. military chiefs and arms makers with a unique opportunity: a battlefield laboratory, as it were, where advanced weapons and electronic systems have been tested in four Middle East wars. "We have learned more from the Israelis about Soviet equipment," admits a ranking U.S. Air Force general, "than we learned in Viet...
...argue, may have been honestly opposed to the war for reasons of conscience, since they refused to participate from the beginning. Deserters, on the other hand, took an oath to serve in the military, and then reneged on their commitments. Opponents often portray deserters as cowards who fled the battlefield...