Word: medina
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Kill Count. Calley was still eager when he took his platoon into the countryside south of Danang and set up an ambush for Viet Cong troops. "I knew the V.C. were somewhere nearby because-well, I was in South Viet Nam. Our captain, Captain Medina, wouldn't send me somewhere if I couldn't get a big kill count, right?" For hours nothing happened. Calley's bravado turned to fear when he realized that his inexperienced soldiers had made too much noise to surprise any approaching enemy. "The V.C. must know I'm here. They must...
...ordered a mortar platoon to light up his position with flares. "I could see around for miles-of course, everyone for miles around could also see me." Then came a radio scolding from Medina: " 'You are without doubt the stupidest second lieutenant on the face of this earth.' 'Yes, sir! I am stupid, sir! What should I do?' 'Turn off them goddamned lights...
...than Middle Eastern, somewhat remote from the center of the conflict. Libya's Gaddafi may consider himself a successor, but he is too new, too brash and too untested for other Arab leaders to accept him. Saudi Arabia's Feisal, as keeper of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, has long dreamed of claiming Arab leadership on religious grounds. But Feisal's government is so medieval that few young Arabs would follow him. Guerrilla Leader Yasser Arafat rules no country and thus lacks a true power base, even though he does sit as an ex officio 15th member...
Others with key roles in developing the finished product were Associate Editor David B. Tinnin, Contributing Editor William R. Doerner, Researchers Sara Medina and Genevieve Wilson...
...people, blew up four planes and held the world at bay. ∙ For its cover story on the incredible week of piracy and peril, TIME mobilized dozens of staffers in the U.S. and abroad. In New York, the main story was written by William Doerner, researched by Sara Medina and edited by David Tinnin. They drew on reports from Washington, Bonn, Geneva, Jerusalem and other cities, where TIME correspondents detailed the incidents as well as the frustrating inability of modern power and diplomacy to cope with the hijackers...