Word: uniform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...England winter winds stir, Meyreles's hair is growing back, and he may replace the outfit he's worn in the streets for the past two years. "Just the other day I said to myself, this is going to end, too--this uniform. I think I'll go through a new stage," the smooth musician says, off the streets and in a coffee house. At a time when the legion of street musicians splits somewhat frantically for the subways, coveted club gigs and regular jobs, Meyreles confidently plans a departure from the street musician life, where he has made...
...millions of people around the world, he was, quite simply, the living symbol of Israel. With his distinctive black eye patch and round boyish face, he was instantly recognizable in any country, in any kind of uniform, even in disguise, which he donned from time to time in the service of his nation's diplomacy. Soldier, statesman and swashbuckling hero of Israel's wars with its Arab neighbors, Moshe Dayan occupied center stage in Israel for more than 30 years. By the time he died last week of a heart attack at 66, Dayan had largely outgrown...
...will be impossible to view the country in nice, uniform trends anymore," Jackson said yesterday...
...silence was interrupted by an aide, who whispered something into Sadat's ear. Sadat rose with tears in his eyes, and I got up as well. He embraced me for the first time and said: "They have just signed the disengagement agreement. Today I will take off my uniform. I hope never to have to wear it again." On another occasion, in a military hospital that he was inspecting, he spoke movingly to me of how much Egypt had suffered, how an end had to be put to pointless conflict, how he did not want to send any more...
...most damaging doubts came not from a Senator but from the man sitting next to Weinberger at the hearings. Dressed smartly in a blue Air Force uniform with four gleaming silver stars, General David C. Jones, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, candidly admitted that he still favored the dragstrip approach. "I remain to be convinced that the alternative provides survivability," said Jones. "I reserve judgment whether it would be wise to go ahead with hardening." The general hastily added that he and the other service chiefs fully support Reagan's decision. "I found out a long time...