Word: patriotic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lebed, a professional soldier all his life, has an image as a rough-hewn nationalist and patriot. As an airborne commander in Afghanistan, Tbilisi and the former Soviet republic of Moldova, he was famous for using force first and asking questions later, if at all. His troops wielded shovels to crack civilian skulls in rebellious Georgia and let fly with heavy artillery to protect Russian separatists from ethnic Moldovans. He was also fairly insubordinate. "He smashed the Russian army tradition of servility to superiors," says Colonel Victor Baranets, a staff officer at the Defense Ministry. "He calls a spade...
...unstable world of third-party politics, many local centurions originally attracted to Perot have grown skeptical that he's a suitable candidate. Unfortunately for Lamm, however, many of them now agree with Nicholas Sabatine of Pennsylvania, who as head of the National Patriot Party tried to woo several alternatives to Perot, including Colin Powell and Senator Bill Bradley. "I don't see anyone both willing and viable other than Perot," he concluded after a year...
With all this, it is not surprising that Harvard started the season 4-0, beating up on Division III Babson as well as Patriot League opponents Army, Lafayette and Holy Cross. The Crimson won those games by an average of over 31 points...
That gut-wrenching loss seemed to be the back-breaker for the Crimson. The following week, Harvard suffered an unexpected loss at the hands of Patriot League opponent Holy Cross, and the three subsequent games saw a struggling Harvard offense muster only 10 points. By the time Penn came to town, the Crimson seemed too frustrated and too tired to hold the Quakers in check...
...despite the fact that the squad included the likes of current Kansas City Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer and current Patriot radio color commentator Gino Cappelletti, the Patriots did not win another game at Harvard Stadium...