Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Babangida, a career soldier trained at U.S. and British military schools, declared in his first address as head of state that Buhari was "too rigid and uncompromising." Later the new President repealed a law that banned criticism of the government, released several journalists from prison, reviewed the cases of an estimated 500 political prisoners jailed by Buhari, and promised to curb excesses by the secret police. Radio Lagos reported he had also approved the appointment of 28 military and police officers to the governing Armed Forces Ruling Council. Perhaps the most important promise made by the new military leaders...
...yellow ribbon was a symbol of longing for the return of the American hostages taken by Iran in 1979. It comes from Tony Orlando's 1973 hit pop tune, Tie a Yellow Ribbon (Round the Old Oak Tree), based on a story about the homecoming of a Civil War soldier from prison...
...Dwight Eisenhower's reputation as a soldier, nor Lyndon Johnson's legend as a negotiator, nor Jerry Ford's square jaw, nor Jimmy Carter's celestial benevolence, nor Ronald Reagan's tough-guy threats have discouraged the terrorists of this world from striking...
...though she can talk, she has less animation, and character, than the mutt. The same lack of enchantment afflicts the new friends Dorothy makes on the journey. Instead of the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion of blessed memory, she encounters a pumpkin with stick limbs, a tin soldier and something called a Gump, which looks suspiciously like your basic moosehead. They are all mechanical marvels, not actors, which means they can do anything except win an audience's heart. Still, it would defy the gifts of an Olivier to find interesting, amusing life in a context as charmless...
...King Hussein's visit to Washington, coincided with the third anniversary of Israel's invasion of , Lebanon and, at least theoretically, with the end of that ill-fated adventure. The last Israeli units were expected to be withdrawn by the end of last week, although Jerusalem left around 100 soldiers in a "security zone" north of the Israel-Lebanon frontier. That prompted an outcry from Lebanese Shi'ites, who threaten continued warfare until the last Israeli soldier leaves Lebanon...