Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...SOLDIER LIVED TO BECOME A MAN OF PEACE, YET THE MAN of peace met the death of a soldier, his body torn by bullets. Perhaps there is no contradiction in the first part of the statement, only a paradox. We justify war by saying that it begets peace, that through death we bring life, and so on. By this logic, the Yitzhak Rabin who led Israel's army to triumph in the Six Day War shares everything but tactics with the Yitzhak Rabin who shook the hand of Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn. The warrior and the conciliator...
According to Charles Sullivan, director of the Cambridge Historical Commission, the building was the first on the Soldier Field athletic complex...
...Yitzhak Rabin is laid to rest, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Hussein of Jordan and President Clinton will be among the many heads of state who will honor the memory of the fallen Israeli soldier and statesman. Their decision to attend betrays not only a respect for Rabin the man, but a deep-seated belief that the peace he envisioned ought not be allowed to vanish...
...must move forward. Rabin's legacy to the Middle East is the potential for peace. He knew that all peace is imperfect but still he was willing to take those first painful steps, steps that were as daring--and ultimately more dangerous--than any he took as an Israeli soldier...
...sniper hiding in the woods opened fire on 1,300 Army paratroopers at Fort Bragg as they were about to set out on a predawn exercise run. One soldier was killed, and about 20 were wounded. Other soldiers seized and subdued the suspect, Sergeant William Kreutzer, a comrade at the North Carolina Army base. He was being questioned by Army officials...