Word: regiments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conscripts in the 338,000-man army were the lowest salaried troops in Western Europe; they could barely afford a daily beer at the local bistro. Nearly 90% of their barracks were constructed at or before the start of the century. At Evreux, soldiers of the 41st Communications Regiment have no hot water in their quarters, must trudge to a separate building for frequently nonfunctioning showers and shiver through winter reveilles because the ancient coal furnace has to be extinguished at night to avoid the danger of fire...
Sources reported that the attackers represent a moderate or conservative element in the Portuguese military, while the artillery regiment which was bombed is "left leaning...
...especially around Nui Ba Den (Black Virgin Mountain), drove thousands of terrified refugees into already crowded Tay Ninh City. In Phuoc Tuy province, the Communists are attempting to gain control of several rubber plantations near the town of Long Thanh. Not far from there, they have organized the 301st Regiment of the so-called People's Liberation Armed Forces. Government military analysts believe this new command will direct intensified attacks around Saigon...
People were doing their own thing last week at the San Francisco Opera. First, Mayor Joseph Alioto chose to publicize his crusade to make San Franciscans use public transport by arriving for a performance of The Daughter of the Regiment on a bus. Then oldtime Upstager Hermione Gingold, 77, made her operatic debut in the tiny role of the Duchess of Krakenthorp and turned what should have been a brief appearance into a runaway slapstick turn. Finally, some 3,552 emotional fans gave Soprano Beverly Sills an ovation for her courage and her performance. It was barely four weeks after...
Sills' exuberant performance comes across even on the tube. "I'd say that Daughter of the Regiment is like one long episode of Lucille Ball," she laughs. Odds are that a lot of TV viewers will soon come to love Beverly at least as much as Lucy...