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Word: helmeted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sharp! Be on your guard! As soon as you think these people won't kill you-zap!' " When he first arrived in Viet Nam on Dec. 1, 1967, Calley felt "like the meanest, the most tremendous weapon there is. My rifle swung low. My helmet pulled down. I was scowling even. I felt this is my big day. And these are my men. And we're going to end this whole damned war tomorrow. I'm superior. I thought, I'm the American from across the sea. I can really sock it to these people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Calley's Confessions | 10/12/1970 | See Source »

...sustained a steady ground game during the first half on Miller's inside running, but twice Rutgers forced the Crimson to settle for field goals. Foster finally set up a touchdown with only 17 seconds left in the half, hitting Varney on the Rutgers three, Varney lost his helmet, but still managed to struggle over for the touchdown...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Harvard Gridders Top Rutgers, 39-9 | 10/5/1970 | See Source »

...church"; Messaros says he straps his holster on before he brushes his teeth. "Fear is something in your mind that has to be overcome," Messaros says. Boston is equally stoic: "Hell, I could die tomorrow at the movies." Still, both feel that their equipment-pistol, blackjack, nightstick, helmet-could be improved upon by putting a sawed-off shotgun in their car. No need to point it at anyone, they say-"just that you come out of the car, and it comes with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Two Policemen on the Beat | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

...Administration policy in Southeast Asia have reified the peace backlash and warmed the President personally. Nixon entertained construction and longshoremen union leaders in the Cabinet Room, accepting a souvenir "Commander-in-Chief" hardhat. Later, on his trip to the South, he proudly noted a New Orleans construction workers' helmet and said: "I have one of those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Wooing the Labor Vote | 9/14/1970 | See Source »

Died. Colonel Roscoe Turner, 74, early speed flyer and Hollywood stunt man; of bone cancer; in Indianapolis. Turner cut an unforgettable figure striding around town in scarlet helmet, cobalt blue tunic and fawn cavalry pants, with his pet lion Gilmore tugging on a leash. Turner's air stunts were no less electrifying; he performed strut-wrenching maneuvers in such films as Hell's Angels and Flight at Midnight, was a champion at the hair-raising sport of low-level pylon racing at speeds of up to 300 m.p.h., and in 1929 set a Los Angeles-to-New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 6, 1970 | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

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