Word: troop
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...instructor (James Whitmore) breathes a blessing: "Show 'em up, tiger! You own the sky." All of this naturally makes Airman McConnell seem a bit of a sap as well as a lot of a hero, and strongly suggests that the Air Force itself is just a shining-faced troop of hi-octane Boy Scouts on an overnight hike to Cloud 8. In fairness to the producers, it has to be said that they meant better than they made; nevertheless, The McConnell Story is an instance in which simple human dignity has been clobbered by commercial cuteness...
...drawn him to the attention of England's brand-new young Norman King, Henry II. Redhaired, red-tempered Harry made Becket his Chancellor. Towering Thomas a Becket impressed the King with his courage (he would ride to war at the head of his own troop of knights) and skillfully helped Henry rule his vast realm. But to keep the King's peace, Becket had to keep peace with the King. Monarch and merchant's son became friends. Hawking in the marshes of Essex or carousing in the taverns of Cheapside, they were seldom apart...
...hundred French air force reservists, recalled for service in Morocco, refused to board a southward-bound troop train at the Gare de Lyon in Paris this week. "Leave Morocco to the Moroccans," the airmen shouted. "We don't want to go." Unable to push them into the coaches, police finally rounded them all up and drove them back to their barracks...
World War II: Commanded a Moroccan troop in France, was wounded when the Germans broke the Maginot line. De Latour escaped to North Africa, raised levies among the Berber tribes, led them in Allied landings on Corsica and Elba. In 1946 he was promoted to brigadier general...
Princely Portrait. As King, Sihanouk enjoyed tootling a saxophone, composing love ballads, keeping race horses and elephants, a troop of dancing girls and a harem of concubines. But he was no mere playboy Oriental monarch. He also helped to win his country's freedom from French colonial rule, led his army in a skirmish against invading Viet Minh Communists and encouraged his diplomats to stand up successfully to Molotov and Chou Enlai at last year's Geneva meeting. Yet he felt powerless really to run his land, to keep it clear of corruption and out of a head...