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...their rations (including rice and a thick African cornmeal paste called sadza). Whether tracking guerrillas by day or setting up ambush positions at night, the "troopies" communicate by hand signals as they search out foot and boot prints, bowed grass, broken camps or other varieties of "terr spoor," army slang for terrorist tracks. Says Major James Cromar, 43, a reserve commander stationed near the Mozambique border: "We have created a top-rate bush fighter. You can drop an average reserve troopie anywhere in the country at night with a compass, and he can give you a six-figure grid reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Here to Stay | 2/27/1978 | See Source »

...cast is as follows: Mr. Grumble, L. W. Hill '10 Maria Grumble, L. M. Potter '08 Marjorie Grumble, R. D. Murphy '08 Philip Hathaway, G. L. Yocum '07 Billie Burt, P. P. Marion '08 Bertie Bill, H. G. Tomlin '09 Terr Weider, W. K. Bradbury '10 Berr Weider, H. L. Murphy '08 Arethusa Johnson, H. H. Hemingway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE TITLE SEEKERS" TONIGHT | 4/28/1908 | See Source »

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