Word: bravely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Prosecute for treason brave souls who protest criminal Vietnam...
Mills was at Harvard for the New England premier of a movie based on his life, "Running Brave," which stars Robby Benson as the long-distance runner...
Small groups of Toyota desert vehicles, with 106-mm recoilless rifles mounted at the rear, wheel and charge like cavalry in the vastness of the Sahara. Outriders hang from the sides, firing their AK-47s with deadly grace. Very young and therefore very brave, the men of these small fighting units, or escadrons, whip their Toyotas' flanks until the vehicles seem to snort and froth at the bit like fine-blood Arab stallions. The young soldiers move silently, without war cries except for the high-pitched scream of their engines...
After each bout of shelling, patients flock to their doctors complaining of stomach pains and headaches, symptoms of stress. Though in some neighborhoods canvas sheets have been hung across streets to block the view of snipers, only the brave venture out at night. Maurice Moyse, 82, proprietor of a French restaurant in West Beirut, shrugs as gunfire outside interrupts his recitation of the day's specials. "They are mad," he says. One wonders, though, who is really crazy: the snipers, Moyse or the reporter sitting by the window with only a gingham curtain between him and the unseen gunmen...
...Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium is known as "The Launching Pad" because of the high number of home runs hit there. For two points each, name the three Braves who hit 40 or more homers in 1973. For two more, who was the last Brave to win a batting title? And for the final two points, who was the last Brave to lead the NL in earned run average...