Word: tanks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Battling back from strep throat and a pregame warm-up blow that knocked him out cold, Crimson goalie John Lechner joined the tank-like defensive trio of Haywood Miller, Frank Prezioso and Scott Pink to hold the UMass squad at bay for the entire second round...
Actually, two aircraft were ablaze. One of the helicopters had refueled on the ground from a C130. When the large plane's tank ran dry, the chopper lifted slightly to move toward another C-130 to pick up more fuel. But in doing so, the pilot turned his RH-53 too abruptly; its rotary blade ripped into the transport's fuselage. Instantly, flames roared through the two aircraft. Ammunition began exploding, striking other aircraft. Three Americans in the Hercules were killed. Five died in the Sea Stallion. Four others sustained severe burns, one of them hauled to safety...
...instance, you might be walking down the street without any idea of being thirsty, and suddenly you see a sign that says Blatz Beer." The barber's pride of profession would take over, and he'd contract to replace his old pole -often a hand-striped water tank or section of stovepipe-with one of the up-to-date models. "You may not notice an increase in business the next day, or the day after that," Marvy would say, "but over the course of a year...
...struggle to preserve a Palestinian identity was so strong at that time, she says, that "a Palestinian woman had to do a man's work." She is an expert marksman with the automatic weapon she still carries in her car in Beirut and can handle an anti-tank gun if need be. She is married to Abu Jihad, the P.L.O.'s military commander; as a sign of their commitment to Palestine they named the first of their four children, a son, Jihad (Arabic for "holy war"). "We are looking for peace, not war," she says, "but our rights...
Next, as soon as the sun goes down, armored personnel carriers equipped with high-intensity searchlights rumble out of the mud-walled Soviet tank depot half a mile south of Chaghasaray. The APCs probe the mountains with their lights and shoot off silver-and orange-colored flares at areas of suspicious movements. On the night I stayed awake to watch, the light show came on every ten to 15 minutes. According to mujahidin, the most intense fighting is in the Pich valley, where Soviet tanks have been trying to secure the main road. As I listened for more than...