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...some of my men killed that night." Instead, in a 90-sec. fire fight, seven V.C. were gunned down?but not before a grenade landed on Kerrey's foot, shattering his leg and wounding his groin, chest and face. Declining morphine for the pain, Kerrey refused to relinquish his command until he had got his men to safety...
...were looking for someone with a superior intellect and an understanding of the Academy, someone who would command the respect of the Faculty, and someone who had a vision for the future," explained one committee member...
...home, too, Turkish is usually the language of choice. "Many second-generation Turks in Germany, particularly the men, choose spouses from among their relations back home rather than partners who have been raised here, often because they consider them too progressive," explains Ucar. Because the new immigrants have no command of German, conversations among family members - including the children - are necessarily held in the mother tongue...
...Japanese troops under Furusho's command are mostly from the army, though there's a handful of navy and air force men. When Furusho looked for volunteers, he had three times as many as he could take. The soldiers get briefings on local culture, tastes and taboos and three months of English training - though their poor command of the lingua franca on base is their main operational problem...
...Eisenhower's tiered-ruffle dresses and the bamboo furniture in the solarium of Ike's White House. (After Mamie took her on a tour of the place, Jackie complained to a friend that "it looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.") To see Jackie, at 31, take command of the White House was like watching an X-15 blow a sonic boom through your grandmother's credenza...