Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mother took him down to the station in Galesburg, Ill., to see a trainload of doughboys. "All the windows in the cars were opened, and the soldiers were all waving out," he said. "I remember my mother lifted me up and I had a penny. I handed it to a soldier for good luck. I've often wondered who he was and if he had good luck...
...bitterness is buried along with an Unknown Soldier...
That Juan Carlos is seen now as the architect of Spain's transition and has achieved such international recognition is mildly amazing, considering his enigmatic presence at the time of Franco's death. Opponents called him a puppet, a tin soldier. They chided him for walking well behind the 5 ft.-3 in, general so as not to embarrass him with his courtly 6 ft.-2 in. frame. He was once called "the son Franco never had." Wags named him "Juan the Brief" because his public statements were short and infrequent...
...parade of celluloid soldiers begins marshaling just before Memorial Day and swells to battalion proportions by the Fourth of July. Their mission: to storm the U.S. box office. Leading this year's assault is that renowned soldier of fortune Indiana Jones; he and his hyperthyroid sequel, Temple of Doom, mounted an early attack on 1,685 movie theaters last week, and in the first two days managed to push up the beach and top the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He is followed by the crew of the starship Enterprise (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock...
...headstones that dot the battleground are supposed to mark the site where each soldier fell, but some may be inaccurate, positioned later for dramatic effect. With so few clues, there are all sorts of unanswered questions: Did Custer die on the gentle hill where his body was found, or by the river as Indian tales say? Did the last troopers, as Indian veterans claimed, commit suicide to avoid being tortured? "The myths around Custer and the battle have become much bigger than the facts," says Vine Deloria, a Sioux author. "This could help set the record straight...