Word: sailors
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...president I would work towards a Soldiers Bill of Rights that would clearly spell out what any solider, sailor, marine or airman could and would expect for the honorable service they had rendered for their country. It is inconceivable that we would ask men and women to make promises to defend our freedom and then we would break our promises to the very ones that sacrifice the most...
...damaging detail behind the seizure of 15 British Royal Marines and sailors is that the troops were captured by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Soaked with nationalist ideology, the IRGC is controlled by hard-line cleric Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, the ultimate font of religious and political power in Iran, and exists in many ways apart from the rest of the Iranian government. The Guards' activities are often a thorn in the side of Iran's Foreign Ministry, which is forced to repair the ruptures in Tehran's diplomatic relations. Nevertheless, the IRGC has been one of Iran...
...John James Audubon The famous American ornithologist, artist and woodsman never pressed his own claim to the throne. But a popular myth began circulating after his death in 1851 that Haiti-born Audubon, the illegitimate son of a French sailor and a maidservant, had actually been the lost dauphin in disguise. Hints of Audubon's royal identity supposedly appear in cryptic entries in his notebooks...
Subsequent discussion turned everywhere from the failure of designated dining hall and tutorial hours to accommodate practice schedules, to the concern of varsity sailor Margaret M. Wang ’09 that club—and certain varsity—sports are underfunded and athletes are often forced to reach into their own pockets to meet training costs...
...When "playing mas," or masquerading in Carnival, partiers follow an organized caravan called a "band" that they have already registered with and chosen a costume from. Some outfits tend to be conservative, like the simple cotton sailor suits worn by one group. Others have elaborate sky-high headdresses and makeshift tails made of feathers that a peacock would envy. But by far the most noticeable are the decorated bikinis worn by the beauty queens - which leave just enough to the imagination. Of course, it simply isn't enough to just watch; being a person of action, I felt the need...