Word: enlist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...card game winds down as dinner time nears. John starts talking about how he want to enlist in the Marines. They were the ones that won the war against Germany and the one against Korea, too, he says. The Marines are tough, demanding; they have pride. That reminds Thelma of a story about her sister-in-law's nephew who worked himself up to the position of colonel "and didn't go to military school or anything." The conversation and the card game end and students troop into the dining hall, clamoring for food...
...commando-type operations. The Second Parachute Regiment, for example, which recaptured Kolwezi, is expert in night combat, alpine warfare, urban cleanup operations, amphibious landings, demolition and sabotage. The average age of recruits: 22. Virtually all the legion's officers are French. Technically, French nationals are forbidden to enlist in the legion, but many do, pretending to be Belgians, Swiss or Canadians. Although the new legion tries hard to exclude professional thugs and officially refuses to accept men accused of major crimes, it still offers its recruits a new identity that protects them from the police...
...sentimental terms. Look for deeper, darker meanings and you'll discover a vacuum. Luckily, Lelouch makes it easy for an audience to succumb to his fluff. His sincerity is so complete and his style so lyrical that all but the terminally cynical can suspend disbelief and enlist in the joyride...
...sound gradually became more sinuous than in years past, bouncier and less simplistic. Barry and Maurice moved to Miami, where the recording-studio conditions are ideal and the living is easy. Their experience in the Stigwood-produced Saturday Night Fever worked out well enough for the Bee Gees to enlist in another Stigwood enterprise, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which will appear this summer. They show up in this one singing 30 old Beatles songs and co-starring with Peter Frampton. "The whole focus of the movie is on Peter," reports Robin with some dissatisfaction...
...political decade marked by corruption and cynicism at the top, often look down the Hill when Carter speaks and instinctively declare themselves against the President unless he can prove them wrong. Deliberation, debate and even outrage are all vital elements of the democratic process. Determining when legislators should enlist in the larger cause is not an easy thing. But observers like Ornstein fear that at times we are being ill served by dozens of members of Congress who claim their right to determine foreign policy or set up administrative goals and, if not heeded, turn to delay and defiance...