Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...home four hours before Nixon arrived, and swarms of helicopter gunships buzzed warily overhead. Said one helicopter crewman: "If a stray dog had moved, he wouldn't have had a chance." The President bantered with some of the men about home towns and ball teams; he invited a soldier from San Clemente, Calif., to come for a swim at the new Nixon summer White House there. "Tell the Secret Service men I said it's O.K.," the President suggested...
...aggressiveness is ev ident along the Suez Canal, where Is rael last month called in its air force to silence Egyptian artillery. Last week Egypt took the initiative in the air. A flight of 30 fighter-bombers, escorted by MIG interceptors, attacked Israeli positions in occupied Sinai, killing one soldier and wounding six. The raid lasted only four minutes, giving Israeli jets no time to scramble to the challenge. Next day the Israeli air force plastered Egyptian positions along the canal for 45 minutes; for good measure, Israeli planes also raided Jordan...
...Soldier-Cowpolce...
During World War II, the western dwindled in popularity, but the hero could pull more than one trigger. Wayne switched from Colt to M-l and became a screen soldier. He was a bit unsteady out of the saddle, but there was conviction behind his "Let's get the Nips!" rallying cry. Part of it came from his disappointment at missing the action. He was too young for World War I. As father of four, he was draft-exempt during the second. Still, he treasured a notion of himself in officer's garb. "But I would have...
...rawboned soldier-cowpoke was no longer raw or bony. The eyes had begun to puff, the flesh was settling. The walk away from the camera was a little too distinctive. From the back, the Wayne Levi's sometimes resembled two small boys fighting in a tent. His eleven-year marriage to Texas-born Josephine Saenz had quietly clopped off into the sunset; she got custody of their four children. After a stretch of popularity, Wayne looked less a Duke than a commoner. He was No. 33 on the list of box-office stars...