Word: soldier
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...known Jaruzelski since the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War II. (The man was mistaken; Jaruzelski fought in the Soviet army as it marched through Poland and on to Berlin. See box.) He sang the leader's praises and assured viewers that Jaruzelski was an honest soldier who did not have it in his nature to be a dictator...
TIME has learned that the recordings establish a strong link between Donovan's company and Masselli, whom the FBI describes as "a self-admitted soldier" in the Genovese Mafia family. Although he had virtually no expertise in the construction business, Masselli nevertheless in 1976 muscled a longtime acquaintance, Louis Nargi, out of control of a company that was helping Schiavone excavate subway tunnels in Long Island City and Manhattan. The takeover was a typical Mob operation. Nargi had run into unexpectedly difficult excavation problems, which made his subcontracting work for Schiavone more expensive than he could handle. He made...
...within Mafia circles that Masselli had violated a territorial agreement, the Genovese and Bonanno factions held a council "sitdown" to hear the dispute. Masselli argued that he had simply foreclosed on bad loans. The council absolved him of infringing on a Bonanno jurisdiction. Salvatore (Sally Blind) Frascone, a Bonanno soldier specializing in vending machines, made the fatal mistake of continuing to protest the pro-Masselli decision. Frascone was openly executed in October 1978 by Mob hit men as he got out of his car in The Bronx...
Saxon, 58, is an unlikely mathematical messiah. He still resembles what he once was: a professional soldier. A graduate of West Point, he is a World War II veteran, a decorated Korean War combat pilot and a former engineering instructor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. After retiring in 1970, Saxon began teaching math and algebra at Oscar Rose Junior College in Midwest City, a suburb of Oklahoma City...
...typical mercenary adopts his lethal trade out of boredom, joblessness or rightist political views. He misses the excitement and discipline of military life and seeks a quick fortune. Many are readers of Soldier of Fortune, a U.S. magazine that specializes in the trade of war. The publication serves as a bridge between idle mercenaries and potential employers. Says Publisher Robert K. Brown: "It's the 'outs' that want 'in' who do the hiring." There are probably thousands of men available at any one time across the globe for mercenary operations, Brown believes. "They...