Word: soldier
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Grechko, 69, is the first soldier to serve on the Politburo since 1957. A Brezhnev ally, he has supported the easing of East-West tensions even though it involves an inevitable reduction in the importance of the military. Inside the Politburo, his expertise will be invaluable to Brezhnev on such complex issues as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions conference...
THURSDAY: Ballad of a Soldier. (1960) Russian-made love story traces the romance of a young soldier on leave during WWII and the girl he falls for. CH.2...
Paths of Glory, shot by Stanley Kubrick in 1957 (when he still cared about human affairs), is one of the most unillusioned films about war made in this or any other country. Derived from the French soldier mutinies in the Vimy Ridge in World War I, the screenplay by Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson is a paradigm of military disfunction. An ambitious general, intrigued by an offer of promotion, leads an already battle-weary battalion on a suicide mission. But the battalion falls back from their advance. Enraged, the general orders three men shot for cowardice as examples...
...nine took advantage of three wild pitches and a passed ball to score two runs in the first inning yesterday en route to a 9-5 win against Curry College at Soldier's Field...
...obbligato of snarling drills and hammering as workmen put the finishing touches on the theater. Local newspapermen, wistfully recalling her public pyrotechnics of 20 years ago and hoping for more of the same, groaned in frustration at her low-keyed manner during rehearsals. One reporter disguised himself as a soldier in the chorus in order to get a story...