Word: sos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Iron Mike; of a heart attack; in Clayton, Ga. During the Korean conflict, as commander of the 27th Infantry (Wolfhound) Regiment, Michaelis prepared his men for battle with the famous rallying cry "You're not here to die for your country. You're here to make those so- and-sos die for theirs...
...considered two of France's best-known fellow travelers until the Soviets' 1956 invasion of Hungary dashed their faith in the Soviet Union as the wave of the future. They never wavered in their support for human-rights causes, however. Signoret was most recently active on behalf of the "SOS- Racisme" antiracist movement in France. But as she put it last spring, "I have crossed the border into antiCommunism." Summing up her career, Author Max Gallo wrote last week, "She will remain the voice of a century that is ending, a century that she helped us live through with...
...Cassandra" (the ultimate android!). As the film opens, Max is hanging around the space station playing video games, listening to rock-and-roll, and watching video tapes of black-and-white Hollywood feature films from the last century. When a female voice comes on the monitor, sending out an SOS and requesting permission to land, Max becomes really excited--a real live woman. Without asking the boss for permission. Max allows the damaged spaceship to dock. As it turns out, three convicted murderers and political terrorists who have killed all the crew members are flying the damaged ship: An enormous...
...Force, joined by NASA, the Coast Guard and the FAA held a conference early this month to discuss ways of reducing the epidemic of SOS calls. Still, even irritated officials concede that on rare occasions the false alarms can lead to pay dirt. Earlier this year, rescuers followed satellite-relayed signals to a farm in the Southeast. The officials found a helicopter hidden in a haystack and loaded with marijuana...
...area, she created Students Organized for Security, a program to provide volunteer escorts for students wary of walking from libraries to dorms late at night. She also helped lead the first "Take Back the Night" march, an annual demonstration calling for better protection for women in general. Through SOS and the marches, Einaudi and other students put the issue of student security on the administration's agenda. The University responded by creating the College Security Committee, a group of administrators and students who have published pamphlets on rape and security awareness and issued recommendations on issues such as lighting...