Word: units
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will be headquartered in Pago Pago, boss the Fita Fita (a local police unit) and enjoy the Siva Siva (a native dance...
This was a heady experience; he found himself commanding the services of a special unit known as the Major Disaster Squad. Though the squad was officially charged with anticipating and preventing major conflagrations, it actually served a vastly different function. Its 60 hand-picked members, luxuriating in the regime of Mayor William O'Dwyer, were all "real pushers," who could "put the arm on anybody"; they did nothing for months but sell tickets to the Firemen's Ball...
Next morning the critics took their whacks in print. The Communist Unità naturally found the opera "false in conception." Carriere della Sera took a more objective look: "Menotti's music is too old-fashioned...and cannot represent the ethical problems which Menotti attempts...
...three years. Duty consists of weekly drills with a Port Security Company in Boston. This unit is subject to call to active duty at any time. Those who enlist are free from draft...
...indefinite period. Same as Regulars. Those who enlist go on immediate active duty, but will revert to reserve status when unit is returned to inactive status...