Word: helmets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...which they had been subjected. Last week, for the first time, Iranians read about the horrors that much of the rest of the world already knew: the "Apollo machine," a chair in which prisoners were tied while their feet were slashed and they were tortured with electric shock; the "helmet," a metal apparatus designed to make the victim's screams reverberate inside his head; and such practices as hanging women prisoners naked from the ceiling and burning them with cigarettes. So shocking were the disclosures that newly appointed Justice Minister Hussein Najafi immediately promised the release of Iran...
133O: "We're moving out!" yells the platoon commander. Duden slaps on her helmet and shoulders her knapsack. The next objective, a bivouac site, is about 1,500 meters away. Firing breaks out. Duden crouches with the M-16 on her shoulder. The platoon wades through a stream 3 ft. deep. Darnell, barreling ahead, pushes past Duden. "Don't you ever shove me again!" she shouts after...
153O: The battle is over. Duden drops her knapsack, takes off her helmet and wipes her brow. She starts digging a foxhole to make camp. "How you do really depends on what kind of woman you are," Duden says. "You have to be aggressive...
This fall, equipped with a new protective helmet, Polillo's over-ripe melon has avoided further battering and his statistics have benefitted as a result. Through the first four games Ralph has rushed for a team-leading 175 yards and caugt 7 passes for another 134 yards, to rank second behind backfield mate Paul Connors...
...wore for good yardage. The quarterback began hitting receivers in full stride, almost at will. With ten seconds left and 11 yards to go for the winning touchdown, the team in the gold pants and crimson jerseys finally scored. A quick pass over the middle hit a linebacker's helmet and fell into the hands of an end, sprawled on the ground with a pulled hamstring muscle...