Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...four years. The G.I.s have been reassured by the gracious welcome they generally receive from civilians. Completion of the bridge over the Sava, which enabled the first mass crossing of tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles into Bosnia, drew crowds of appreciative Croats, who marveled at the hardware, not to mention the exotic sight of African Americans. Amid laughing children, Specialist Dustin Graciak of the 3/325th Airborne Combat Team delightedly reported, "They're asking about our weapons and trying to speak English." Mtuzove Zeljko, 14, who picked up some English watching Hollywood movies, said, "I like the Americans. It's good...
...WEEKS AGO, A PROSECUTOR IN MUNICH MANAGED, almost casually, to strike a global blow against freedom of expression. Though he is a person of such obscurity that most of the accounts I've read of this incident didn't even mention his name, he has been able to constrict the information flow for some 4 million people in 140 countries...
...mention the absence of a key element for any winning team...luck. The Crimson has simply been an unlucky team in its skid of late...
...others' emotional needs while submerging their own, yet find a romantic reward. The enchanted viewer is rewarded too: by subtle ensemble acting, writing that understands the void that tactful conversation fills, direction (by Roger Michell and Ang Lee, respectively) that finds the hidden hungers of the cautious soul. Honorable mention to Clueless, the Emma of Beverly Hills High...
...inverted and hierarchies smashed. The mute speak; the evaluated evaluate. The "Justice" TF who gave you the B-? Nail 'er! And why not add something about her appearance while you're at it? Also the chemistry TF who humiliated you in section that one time--don't forget to mention that he taught an entire class with fly down, displaying to all the world his purple bikini underwear...