Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time being at least, most of the Arabs passively accepted Israeli rule. In some places such as Bethlehem, where the population is 80% Christian, the Israelis were openly welcomed. The occupation troops scrupulously tried to avoid incidents. Any soldier caught looting faced life imprisonment. Observed one Israeli Cabinet minister: "We Jews do not mount pogroms...
...campaign, an Arab division spotted a lone Israeli sniper on a sand dune. The commander dispatched three men to get him. When they did not return, he sent a dozen. None of them came back. So he finally sent an entire company. Two hours later, one blood-splattered Egyptian soldier crawled back. "It was an ambush," he explained. "There were two of them...
...tough being a soldier on the Arab side of the lines, and it was just as tough being a war correspondent. New York Times Reporter Tom Brady managed to slip past Damascus airport officials, who did not know that he had been blacklisted in Syria. But when he phoned his first story to Lebanon, three plainclothesmen showed up at his hotel and dragged him off to jail. In Amman, NBC Correspondent Robert Conley was picked up by Jordanian troops, who accused him of taking pictures -even though he had no camera. Stranded at airports around Europe, many correspondents never even...
...considered breaking off all athletic activities, in the event of a declaration of war. Several days later, both Yale and Cornell were considering similar steps. The Faculty voted by a substantial majority to give early exams to students who were enlisting. President Lowell wrote to the CRIMSON that "a soldier's first duty is patience," and asked students to wait until they were definitely urged by Washington before dashing into service...
Although it was originally designed to be carried on the back of a foot soldier, the E63 has been used most effectively aboard a helicopter. Flying above the treetops at speeds as high as 100 m.p.h., helicopters equipped with People Sniffers have detected groups of men in jungle-covered "free bombing zones"-areas cleared of civilians where anything that moves is regarded as fair game. On the basis of E63 readings, artillery fire has been called in and flights of B-52s have been dispatched to saturate the suspicious area with bombs...