Word: colonel
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Before inviting Ford onto the stage, Colangelo and Kamath praised some of his lesser-known roles as "Colonel Barnsby" and "The Bellboy" in two obscure films. They then introduced him with a series of puns citing some of his better-known movies...
...allow Tutsi civilian militias, armed with machetes and hammers, to "clean up" after the army's operations, killing some women and children and driving the rest into the hills. Hutu rebels, for their part, also target civilians--Tutsi and Hutu moderates alike. Neither side is apologetic. Lieut. Colonel Longin Minani, an army spokesman in the capital, explains the military clean-up operations this way: "If rebels use the population as a screen to protect themselves, am I supposed to fold my hands and do nothing? [Civilian deaths] are unfortunate but unavoidable...
...effective end through the leadership of Charles Francis Adams '56, who thought the issue of a Confederate memorial "undeserving of serious consideration," and wrote, "I do protest against any confusion between those who died in defense of their country and those who died in an effort to dissolve it.' Colonel Higginson wrote, "When there has been a great row such as we saw, isn't it the best thing after it to keep still...
Speaking by telephone from a bullet-pocked control tower, Air Force Colonel Neal Patton, who has been in charge of installing runway lights and precision navigation equipment and otherwise getting the field ready, expresses confidence that it can handle the planned traffic. But he adds, with a laugh, "We're going to go to church to pray for better weather." Snow and low ceilings last week caused several flights either to be held on the ground at the Ramstein air base in Germany or to circle Tuzla fruitlessly and go back, unable to land. The miserable conditions do have their...
...Hungary, from which they will advance 50-odd miles across Croatia into Bosnia and Herzegovina. Others will still be at bases in Germany, waiting their turn to board the trains; some may not leave until February. Army commanders strongly deny, however, that the buildup is slipping behind schedule. Says Colonel Mike Sullivan, chief spokesman for the U.S. Army, Europe: "Slow and gradual is exactly where we want to be. This is a very deliberate, precise process in vicious weather on a very unfavorable terrain, and we're very aware of that. We're not going to expose soldiers and their...