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When I was at school, we had a picture of Leonidas and his Spartans blocking the pass at Thermopylae against a huge Persian army. The Spartans knew that they would be killed, but stood fast. Now it seems possible that three or more American men, passengers on hijacked Flight 93...
"We are four years behind the common market because of this [current] government," said Leonidas N. Varvitsiotis, an audience member.
Finally, I'd like to make a plug for a rather unusual recording of the Sibelius concerto on the Swedish label Bis by Leonidas Kavakos, Osmo Vinski, and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra. This recording includes both the early 1903-04 version of the work, retracted by the composer, as well...
But as Noriega's frozen smile suggested, the shots could not be dismissed so easily. Led by five officers, including Colonel Leonidas Macias, chief of the national police, the mutiny marked a milestone in an opposition drive, supported if not engineered by the U.S., to force Noriega from power. "This...
A source close to the Defense Forces said Barrera might have been faulted for not knowing in advance of Wednesday's coup attempt, which was said to have involved a few junior officers lead by the nation's police chief, Col. Leonidas Macias.