Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...morale of the 20,000-member security force may become a problem. The Smith capitulation has raised questions about the soldiers' zeal in fighting Rhodesia's guerrillas. A young trooper in a downtown Salisbury discotheque sounded a now familiar complaint: "What the hell. We've surrendered already. If Smith's not going to fight, I damn well won't either." A letter from a reservist to the Rhodesia Herald seconded the soldier's view: "Is it worth doing my call-up in two months time? I don't want to lose my life...
Most of his fast-paced little novel is set not in (or near) the centers of world power but in the underdeveloped and overpopulated Caribbean country of Santo Domingo. There Clay Loomis, a disaffected CIA agent turned soldier of fortune, serves as chief of security to the current dictator. His main job: trying to quell a guerrilla movement led by one RamÓn el Rojo. It is a loosing battle; before long RamÓn starts a Castro-type revolution that spreads through Santo Domingo like Asiatic...
...swine flu program has been shrouded in controversy from its inception. Last March, President Ford recommended a crash program to vaccinate "each and every American" against swine flu, after one soldier died in an isolated outbreak of the disease at Fort...
...yesterday's heavy cloud cover dissipated, making it a perfect day for a season opener. Lured by sunny skies, lowered ticket prices, and the inherent appeal of the earliest-season Ivy matchup in recent memory, fans from all over the Boston area began arriving at Soldier's Field at midday...
...Carter did worse in the primaries?than anywhere else in the nation. The President leads in conservative Utah and Idaho; he is also running neck and neck in Oregon and Colorado and is close to Carter in Washington. Jerry Brown, wooed by Carter and eager to establish his good-soldier credentials for the future, has pledged to stump hard to help the Democrat carry the biggest prize, California's 45 electoral votes. Pollster Mervin Field feels Carter leads by six to eight points, but warns that the margin is soft...