Word: soldiers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suits and fins. At 12:41 a.m., on the outskirts of the town of Insariyeh, two miles inland, a pre-planted bomb suddenly detonated in the midst of the unit. Within seconds the Israelis were raked by machine-gun fire. Eleven died, and four lay wounded, leaving just one soldier unscathed and able to radio for help...
...tale begging to be made into a TV movie: strapping Red Army soldier defects to enemy land to become a hockey star. There he meets a pretty, (very) young Russian tennis tyro with long, golden hair. He goes on to win the Stanley Cup. She goes on to win the U.S. Open. Oops. That's how the telemovie would have played out; but in reality, although Sergei Fedorov, 27, was part of the Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Red Wings, Anna Kournikova, 16, was beaten by Irina Spirlea in the second round of the Open last week, as he watched...
DIED. CARLTON MOSS, 88, pioneering independent filmmaker; in Los Angeles. When blacks were excluded from moviedom, he charted his own course, making little-known industrial films. His potent 1944 Army documentary, The Negro Soldier, attracted wide attention, inspiring future generations of black actors, writers and directors...
...drawing was of some children in a jungle clearing. A Khmer Rouge soldier had his rifle trained on them. Off to the side of the drawing was a large circle with four lines extending from the outer rim to the center, where there was a hole like a wheel's hub. Leading away from one part of the outer rim were three lines, and from another part a single line with a small ring...
...children in the drawing included Peov. The soldier was forcing them to do something involving the circular device, which she explained. The lines between the outer rim and the center hole were metal blades. The three outer lines were cords held to keep the device steady. When the cord with the ring was pulled, the blades closed around the center hole, like a camera lens. Children caught trying to escape would have their heads put in that hole and be decapitated. Other children, like Peov, were made to operate the device...