Word: troop
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even better: an intelligent man who does his duty superlatively well. His instinctive dislike of Hitler and his works makes him no less the friend of his artillery unit commander, who stubbornly insists that the Fuhrer is infallible. When a martinet from the rear comes to take over the troop, Asch has a field day that a G.I. of any nationality can appreciate. It is the old story of the parade-ground perfectionist who simply cannot grasp the fact that war is a dirty and even unmilitary business. When Captain Witterer fouls up an "according-to-plan" withdrawal, Asch simply...
...Tail. There were frank replies to other ticklish questions. The chances for a tax cut in the next year, the President said, are not "bright" or "right around the corner." To a West German correspondent, who pointed out that the Bonn Cabinet was concerned about proposed reductions in U.S. troop strength, the President made painstaking answer. Declared he: all decreases in U.S. manpower are predicated on an increase in new machines and striking power. "Never have we said we are going to reduce the strength of the American Army...
...according to their positions, the bone-tired players take turns sprinting 50 yds. up the field. Half a dozen times they drive themselves along, blowing like broken-down wrestlers. "Dig it, dig it, dig it!" Duffy shouts at them. Then, as if they have not had enough. the players troop over to the stadium for one final exercise. In stocking feet, they make three running trips up the concrete stairs to the top of the great oval...
...week's end the number of French combat troops on Cyprus was expected to be around 6,000. Added to the 25,000 professional British soldiers and airmen estimated to be on the island, this made a sizable striking force for airborne action should a lunge toward Suez or Cairo be ordered. The British maintained a tight security shutdown, and it was impossible for correspondents to judge the degree of activity at Akrotiri air base. Middle East headquarters of the Royal Air Force, which sits on an arid, dusty plain on the southernmost peninsula of the island...
Cyprus' union with Greece in the near future. Every new troop transport arriving at Nicosia last week underlined the basic reason-namely, that Britain feels it must have a secure eastern Mediterranean base from which to safeguard its Middle East interests...