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...mission succeeded, Clinton would be spared, at least for the moment, what Democratic Senator John Glenn of Ohio calls "the Dover test." The reference is to the Air Force base at Dover, Delaware, where the bodies of U.S. servicemen and women killed overseas are taken; the test is to explain to grieving family members why their loved ones had to be brought home in flag- draped coffins. The President could claim that by displaying firmness and consistency and pushing right to the brink of invasion, he had finally scared Cedras and colleagues into a peaceful departure...
...people who suffered off-screen. Forrest had bankrupt shrimpers, martyred Vietnam buddies, and his wife, whose death was remarkably demure, considering her ailment. Reagan scored points off America's poor; somehow managed to cloak himself in heroism while apologizing for a needless screw-up that killed 241 U.S. servicemen in Beirut; and avoided tarnishing his reputation for optimism by spending too much time on AIDS...
...liner Queen Mary and as a popular haven for lesbians. The many bars where the ladies hang out, Theroux writes, "could be spotted by the combination of women waiting in line to get in and mystified sailors (from the local naval base) watching warily from across the street. The servicemen were seeking places with lots of women and few men, but an inner voice was telling them that this was too good to be true...
...excursion boats in the English Channel and by Clinton at dawn from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington. More than one water-borne spectator sensed how fragile the whole D-day operation must have been, successful finally by its audacity and the spirits of young servicemen sustained by the singular strength that comes from freedom...
Some of us put on shows for servicemen, theDance Club hopping through Mexican steps, theFrench Club inventing a cabaret for the crew of aFree French warship in Boston Harbor. For thisevent, from a record, I learned to sing "LeFiacre." Later, I corresponded with one sailor ashis maraine-de-guerre(godmother-of-war)--until French censors found, inone of his letters to me, a snapshot of his ship.For this lapse, my godson-of-war did some time inthe brig...