Word: soldier
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sister. They hoed and sowed all day, every day, to feed their bellies, save money for the sister's dowry and earn enough for new clothes once a year. But implacable Fate played tricks on them. Usurious moneylenders fleeced the farmer of his land and house. A jive-talking soldier ravished the virginal sister. Destitute and socially shunned, the family fled their home village...
...metaphors of wood, fire and water that Chettri uses to define his characters. Strapped with debt, Dhané's "thoughts raced by like a powerful torrent"; Maina, his wife, bemoans the "log that fate had flung at them" after learning that Jhuma, the sister, has been raped. The swaggering soldier, who blinded Jhuma with his khakis, foreign words and hollow marriage proposal before committing the outrage, is a "blazing flame...
...where President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was leading the ceremony. His voice was full of emotion as he offered words of condolences for the five-star general who was once his superior officer in the military. "We have lost one of the nation's best sons, a loyal fighter, true soldier and honorable statesman," he said. "We say thanks for his great contribution and meritorious service to the nation during his life and forgive his faults." Those who could not get in were forced to watch the proceedings on small televisions set up by the news crews covering the event, which...
...leaflets and broadcast messages telling villagers how to protect themselves during the operation, which involved Australian, Dutch, Afghan and British forces. Rietdijk says Spin Ghar uncovered many weapons caches without a single civilian casualty. But Australian SAS sergeant Matthew Locke was shot dead on a reconnaissance mission, and Dutch soldier Ronald Groen was killed by a mine. Rietdijk concedes that giving notice of the operation might have put troops at risk, but says "the advantage of avoiding casualties among civilians was more important." An Australian Defence spokesman declined to comment, but said its operational planning always involves "assessing the risk...
...police for 24 hours?see what happens," Stallone says. "I could start a war in 30 seconds. But some countries spend 100 years trying to find peace. Just like good manners, peace has to be learned." So, after reading about the unrest in Burma in Soldier of Fortune magazine (You thought he subscribed to Better Homes and Gardens?), Stallone decided to set the film in Burma, shooting in Thailand and struggling to cast real Burmese, many of whom feared reprisals against family in their home country. Stallone says he regularly got threats from people associated with the Burmese government. "They...