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Word: dragooned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much younger than her husband, Fredrik (Colin Stokes), and wants to preserve her virginity. So Fredrik seeks satisfaction in his old romance, Desiree (Lacey Tucker), whose theater troupe is passing through town. The affair is not long without complications. Desiree's jealous lover Carl-Magnus (Daren Firestone), a moronic dragoon who loves to fight, shows up just as the two lovers are emerging from her bedroom, and soon he is complaining of the infidelity of his wife Charlotte (Vonnie Roemer). Charlotte is down but not defeated and sets about planning to win him back. A weekend at Desiree's family...

Author: By Thomas Madsen, | Title: Night Music Waltzes Between Melancholy and Joy | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

Numbering 35,000 troops in all, British regiments bearing such names as the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars sped forward into fire fights and swept through Iraqi armor concentrations without losing a single tank. In the ground war's most tragic incident, however, nine British soldiers lost their lives to friendly fire when an American A-10 tank-killer aircraft hit two armored vehicles by mistake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Allies: A Partnership to Remember | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

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