Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fire onto civilians spoke in favor of a speedy evacuation. But with an important Muslim foothold at stake, there was also the risk of abetting, albeit unwittingly, the Serb goal of ethnic cleansing. The Bosnian authorities themselves were not pressing for a mass exodus, save for 500 badly wounded soldiers in need of hospital treatment. Said U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokeswoman Sylvana Foa: "They are very frightened, because they know, as we've seen, that the life expectancy of a Bosnian soldier on Serb territory is very short...
...were not surprised when Powell's inflexible, party-line stance on maintaining the ban on homosexuals in the military was made evident--he is, after all, a career soldier steeped in army rhetoric. But we were disappointed. Powell was one of the few heroic figures of the Reagan Bush era (and one of the few not indicted). As chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell could have done the right thing and helped President Clinton eradicate this pointless discrimination. Instead, Powell will go down in history as one more military leader who didn...
...correct response is the Harvard women's softball team, which swept Cornell in a twinbill yesterday at Soldier's Field...
...writing to call attention to the fact that the tennis and track facilities at Soldier's Field will, by the beginning of spring break, have been closed in the evenings to recreational users (i.e., all users other than college teams) for a total of 24 out of a possible 59 weekdays since these facilities reopened after Christmas...
...Harvard's men's baseball team broke out of an early-season hitting slump in dramatic fashion yesterday afternoon by pasting Cornell in a doubleheader at Soldier's Field...