Word: combated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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GROWING up in the Boston area, I always heard wild things about the Combat Zone. When I first learned of the term "combat zone" around age 5, I believed it to be a local version of West Beirut, with kaffeyedguerrillas running around throwing hand grenades and machine-gunning people...
Later, I learned from Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels about the real, gritty Combat Zone filled with savvy, dangerous criminals and victimized prostitutes...
...guess the truth about the Combat Zone is that it's really a let down. It's small--only about three places. It's scummy--a bunch of drunks staggering around urinating. And it's not long for the earth--real estate developers are moving in and buying buildings right and left...
There are several reasons for going to the Combat Zone, and a million reasons not to. If you want to look at pornography, you're better off going to one of the newstands in the Square. If you want to watch a porn-flick, rent it from the nearest video store. If you're looking for easy sex, get it for free--it's really not that hard...
...Republican State Convention then endorsed the candidacy of state Representative Royall Switzler of Wellesley, a well-known, colorful gadfly. Switzler later admitted he had lied about his military record when he claimed to have served as a Green Beret in Vietnam. Switzler's Vietnam combat experience, he revealed, had consisted of watching footage on the evening news...