Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rule with an iron hand. Hard-line ideologues argue that visible force and revolutionary spirit are essential to maintain order. They favor reviving old- fashioned sloganeering and mass-action campaigns, like the recent one urging people to "Learn from Lei Feng," a mawkishly selfless soldier who was virtually canonized by Chairman Mao. If stronger medicine is needed to awaken top party and local leaders to the dangers of internal divisions, hard-liners are offering a one-hour video titled Eastern Europe in Turmoil. According to one viewer, the tape is designed "to make local Communist officials realize that...
This play successfully retells the classic love story of a valiant soldier with a magnificent heart to match his nose. It succeeds because the character of Cyrano is so richly cultivated by Connell...
...other side of the globe, in a military ward of a hospital in the Cambodian town of Kampong Spoe, 25 miles southwest of Phnom Penh, a soldier named Neh Kon, 30, lies on a wooden pallet. He has lost both legs -- one just above the knee, the other just below. The stumps are wrapped in flyspecked, blood-soaked bandages. Neh Kon's wife sits beside him, holding their young child. Two weeks earlier, on patrol in Khmer Rouge territory, Neh Kon stepped on a mine. "By the time we get peace," he says, "a lot of people won't have...
...July, interpretations of the war continue to be big at the movies. Television has China Beach, the award-winning series about a rest and relaxation center in Danang. The London hit show Miss Saigon, a musical about a doomed romance between a Vietnamese bar girl and an American soldier, will be coming to Broadway next year with seats costing as much as $100. Bookstores are filled with memoirs, histories, reprints and novels. This spring Harper & Row even published The Vietnam Guidebook, with advice for travelers to places like Hue and My Lai, although the U.S. State Department places restrictions...
Yesterday, at Soldier's Field, the squad chose the latter option, sweeping a makeup doubleheader against Navy. The Crimson (6-15 Overall, 2-6 EIBL) opened the day with a 3-1 victory, completing the afternoon with an extra-inning...