Word: captains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...story he told was eerily reminiscent of the Sharon Tate murders six months earlier. As Jeffrey R. MacDonald, then a captain in the Green Berets, described the events, he woke up on a living room couch at about 3 a.m. on Feb. 17, 1970 to find his home invaded. Three young men and a woman holding a lighted candle chanted, "Acid is groovy! Kill the pigs!" The intruders beat and stabbed him, he said, and when he came to hours later he found the slaughtered bodies of his pregnant wife Colette, 26, and daughters Kimberly, 5, and Kristen...
...verdict was a triumph for Colette's mother, Mildred Kassab, and her stepfather Alfred, both 58. Originally they believed MacDonald's story; Alfred Kassab had even testified as a character witness at 1970 Army hearings that cleared the captain. But the Kassabs quickly developed doubts and began what the husband openly called a "legal vendetta," importuning federal authorities to reopen the case. MacDonald was finally indicted in early 1975, but the trial was further delayed by a flock of appeals, including three to the Supreme Court...
Ackerman expects to work the ship with a small crew, two professional deck hands, a cook and one or two apprentices, plus himself as captain. She has no engine, but will carry a 15-ft. boat with a diesel that can serve to nose her up to a dock or through a narrow channel. Because of the Leavitt's shallow draft (6½ ft.), she has a big advantage in direct loading and unloading of cargo that originates near the water. Ackerman's first load will be 150 tons of lumber and building materials being shipped from Quincy...
...first instincts were correct: there was a fine idea for a movie here. Inspired by Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, Coppola wanted to portray America's Viet Nam adventure as a literal and metaphysical journey into madness. The literal journey is taken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), an officer who is commanded to travel upriver from Saigon to Cambodia. His mission is to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a once exemplary Green Beret who has now gone crazy and set up a kingdom of murder in the darkest jungle. "There is no way to tell [Kurtz...
...other kind of nonphysician is that they do not have a broad and deep enough training to be aware of what they don't know. Nurses and doctors ought to work together as a team, but I am concerned about the idea of a team without a team captain." For the patient, says Relman, the important issue is always "am I getting the best possible care?" It is also a question for those who will have to deliver that care...