Word: commando
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...most riveting parts of The Battle for the Falklands are the tales of pluck and heroism by British forces: a platoon sergeant who died attempting to silence an enemy machine-gun nest with hand grenades, a helicopter pilot who flew a solitary mission over Port Stanley, a wounded commando who stayed behind to cover a comrade's escape. By contrast, Argentine forces are generally, and perhaps unfairly, depicted as inept and their leaders as divided and squabbling. Yet if Hastings and Jenkins are partial to the home team, they can also be critical: of the Royal Navy...
...with the Highland Light Infantry, Niven resigned his commission in 1932 and became a New York liquor salesman. Influential acquaintances lured him to Hollywood, where he signed a seven-year contract with Movie Mogul Sam Goldwyn, despite having almost no acting experience. Niven served with distinction as a British commando officer in World War II, returned to star in more than 60 films, including Around the World in 80 Days, The Guns of Navarone and Separate Tables, in which he gave a 1958 Oscar-winning portrayal of a pathetic military impostor. His candid, bestselling memoirs (The Moon...
Only a few months ago the early successes of the spring offensive launched by the U.S.-backed commando army of the Fuerza Democrática Nicaraguense (F.D.N.) seemed to spell serious trouble for the Marxist-led Sandinista government in Nicaragua. The counterrevolutionaries, or contras, had managed by April to establish advance positions only 70 miles from the Nicaraguan capital of Managua. As a result, some officials in the Reagan Administration were predicting that the contras would have one-third of Nicaragua under their control by the end of the year, thereby testing the Sandinista government's ability to survive...
...directed by the Reagan Administration against the Nicaraguan regime is an extension of policies initiated by Carter, who authorized the CIA to provide financial assistance to opponents of the new Sandinista regime in that country. During his first year in office, Reagan considered options like establishing an American-organized commando force to destabilize Nicaragua. Instead, he decided on a strategy of placing pressure on Nicaragua by organizing the contras into a political and military force with U.S. training and assistance...
...audience claps itself into a frenzy as Sergeant Sacrifice, played by Dean Gregory, comes to life, an American commando rigged up in military gear and black spandex pants. He struts and dances to the insistent thump of the disco hit "It's Raining Men" and strips down to a lame jockstrap Buttocks shaking, hips gyrating, Sergeant Sacrifice thrusts his pelvis into people's faces, makes women in the audience kiss him. Gay or straight, the audience seems enraptured by this naked maniac. He is generic sexual energy, writhing through the theater. The theatrical connection is made as never before...