Word: soldierly
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Although a handful of black soldiers have been awarded the Medal of Honor since 1863, questions about possible bias have been raised in Congress. Last week President Bush named Corporal Stowers as the first black soldier to receive the Medal of Honor for service in World War I or II. The medal is the nation's highest award for valor. "He fought not for glory," said Bush as he presented the award to Stowers' sisters, "but for a cause larger than himself -- the cause of liberty...
Saddam, said a senior British diplomat, was "trying to twitch a muscle," and it made the allies nervous. "Just one shot by an Iraqi soldier could trigger a battle," worried another London official. At the same time, the presence of the armed men was dissuading the fearful Kurds from moving into the new sanctuaries. "Our problem is not tents," said Rajab, a Kurdish guerrilla commander. "Our problem is security...
...NORMAN FOR PRESIDENT T shirts waved flags and yellow balloons as sea gulls wheeled overhead. "I can't describe to you the emotion that's in all our hearts," he said, with his first words on American soil in 239 days. "It's a great day to be a soldier. It's a great day to be an American...
...Harvard men's Rugby Foot ball Club stormed past Northeastern, 28-3, in last Saturday's afternoon final of the Rugby Beanpot at Soldier's Field Park...
...Kennedy lives under the rule of a peculiar metaphysic. He had to soldier on in the messy world after Camelot floated away into memory. Unlike his brothers, extinguished in their prime, Teddy would get older and coarser and lose some of the boyo's flashing charm. He would make mistakes. And -- something that did not happen in Camelot -- he would pay for them...