Word: legion
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...indicted teenagers, among them honor students, athletes and a cheerleader, belonged to the Legion of Doom, a society supposedly dedicated to purifying the campus of drug users and petty thieves. The Legion may have grown out of the school's efforts to improve discipline. At least four members also belonged to a Paschal organization called the Ambassadors, a now disbanded group of 29 top seniors assigned to patrolling the campus and encouraging others to attend classes. Legion members, mostly wealthy youngsters from prominent families, prowled less well-to-do neighborhoods at night, firing shots at one student's home, exploding...
Lwoff, who was active in the French underground during World War II, after the war became a Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honor and received a Medal of the Resistance...
...ceremonies in Britain, France and West Germany were solemn commemorations that played down military pomp. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was reluctant to celebrate a military victory over a now important ally, but agreed to an official service in Westminster Abbey after the Royal British Legion and other patriotic groups insisted on marking the anniversary. Before Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and other members of the royal family, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, reminded the congregation that the war had a noble purpose: "The victory which closed down Belsen, Buchenwald and Auschwitz is, itself, sufficient cause for thanksgiving...
...surrendering" to Communists. USIA Director Charles Wick, a close Reagan friend, zapped his old buddy for wanting to lay a wreath at the Bitburg cemetery. Jewish groups continued to denounce his German itinerary. Reagan has been a great booster of the military, but that did not stop the American Legion from getting in some licks about Bitburg...
...incident illustrated the awkward way that the White House has handled several sensitive issues surrounding the President's upcoming trip. James Hubbard, deputy director of the 2.6 million- member American Legion, accused Reagan of "ignoring Allied graves . . . while recognizing members of the Third Reich who fought to conquer the world." The White House announcement added insult to injury for American Jews who were already offended because Reagan had vetoed a stop at the site of a concentration camp during his six- day German tour. "Visiting the gravesites of one's former enemies is an act of grace," said Nathan Perlmutter...