Word: brightly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...once prosperous farm town that is now a bombed-out ruin, rebel fighters carrying Soviet-made AK-47 assault rifles stand watch in trenches along a ridge. Across a narrow valley, in places just 60 yards away, Ethiopian troops are dug in. Some of their comrades, identifiable by their bright green uniforms, lie dead in no-man's-land. An exchange of automatic-weapons fire echoes through the valley. Moments later, two Soviet-built Ethiopian MiGs roar overhead in search of the rebels' camouflaged artillery and tank emplacements. Sipping tea in his command bunker, Afewerki Melke, a field commander...
...during the Battle of the Somme in France were serious but not fatal. When the time finally came, last week, for obituaries in earnest, Graves had lived for an additional 69 years. The man who might have been remembered, along with Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen, as a bright young British poet snuffed out by war instead hammered himself into a cranky colossus of 20th century literature. His legacy, dispersed through some 140 books and decades of arguments and controversy, should take years to evaluate. The impression that several eras died along with Graves is immediate and probably true...
...grew up in Flint, Mich., quite well-off and bright to boot. He was out of the chute and headed for Harvard Law by the time they wed in 1966, just after she graduated from college with a vague notion of doing social work. Unpacking at Cambridge, they switched on a hand-me-down TV and discovered Julia Child, whose cooking show came to anchor their weeks...
Crimson Captain Scott Fusco scored once and pitched in three assists against Dartmouth Saturday night at Bright Center. The goal, which came after two first period assists, gave the Burlington native his 196th career point...
...come on over to Bright Center for the next Crimson contest--Dec. 11 against Cornell...