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...sixteenth century. Locked in the Tower of London is Colonel Fairfax (Garland Withers), condemned to death as a result of a jealous relative's evil machinations. Everyone loves Fairfax, particularly Sergeant Meryll (Douglas Freeman) of the Tower yeomen and Meryll's daughter Phoebe (Lisa Zeidenberg). Maneuvering on their own, they seek to free the condemned man--Meryll in appreciation of Fairfax's past heroism, Phoebe in anticipation of the captive's predicted amours...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: A Little Nice Music | 4/18/1986 | See Source »

...supreme allied military commander in Europe said a West Berlin nightclub explosion, which killed an American sergeant and wounded 50 other servicemen, was the work of a "worldwide network" of terrorists set up by Khadafy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S. Sends Second Ship to Mediterranean | 4/11/1986 | See Source »

...Friday, a bomb exploded in a West Berlin nightclub, killing a U.S. Army sergeant and his companion and injuring nearly 200 people, some of them American military personnel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reagan Revs Up Anti-Terrorist Campaign | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

Disgusted by official inertia and determined to see everyone associated with Duvalier brought to justice, Haitians took matters into their own hands. Hundreds of students joined together to march on the National Palace late last week. Even after the new government was announced, angry crowds confronted military patrols. One sergeant was reportedly dragged from his automobile on Friday and killed. Said Gesner Armand, director of an art museum in the Haitian capital: "The people made the revolution. Now they have immediate needs that this government can't satisfy. They want work, and the government has no jobs to give them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti an Inheritance of Anger | 3/31/1986 | See Source »

...posters that are most familiar and redolent of the American $ mood over the years. "Keep 'Em on the Run" crys a World War II poster bearing crude caricatures of Hitler, Tojo and Mussolini. In a 1971 Viet Nam- era placard, a Marine drill sergeant braces new recruits with a more subdued slogan: "We Don't Promise You a Rose Garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uncle Sam Speaks | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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