Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...darkened stage, Clarke had the actors imagine that they were on a night patrol in Vietnam and had been separated from their group. Upon encountering a Viet Cong soldier, "many of us were upset to find that we shot immediately, within the first twenty seconds," actor Jon Linden says. Adds James Lynch, another cast member. "It was pretty strange if you didn't shoot and got killed like...
...season opener cum homecoming, the Harvard field hockey team rolled to a 4-2 triumph over Providence College yesterday at Soldier's Field...
...fact, within a minute and a half, the Columbia offense had pretty much summarized the afternoon for the Soldier's Field crowd...
...soldiers seemed to handle White roughly. When the North Koreans twice refused a request from White's commander for a face-to-face meeting with the G.I., it seemed possible that he was not, as the Communists claimed, under their "warm protection" after having "requested political asylum." Late last week, however, the Army concluded officially that White, 20, had shot open the guard-post lock. If, in fact, he walked across the DMZ voluntarily, it would mark the first defection by a U.S. soldier in Korea in 17 years, and the fifth since the Korean War ended...
...between Christians and Muslims caused several deaths, illustrating the difficulties President-elect Bashir Gemayel, former leader of the Christian militia forces, faces when he tries to pull together a country of feuding sects. On Wednesday, Gemayel had a secret meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Later, a French soldier attached to a United Nations unit was killed by sniper fire outside the city. A Syrian MIG-25 jet fighter was struck by an Israeli missile and crashed into a northern suburb. In eastern Lebanon, Syrian and Israeli armies still confronted each other. Though both sides said they hoped...