Word: valorous
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...About 275 decorations for valor, for combat deaths or wounds...
...82nd Airborne Division who parachuted from helicopters as Grenadian soldiers fired at them from the ground were, quite rightly, granted medals. But so were a number of chairbound bureaucrats who got no closer to the fighting than an office in the Pentagon. While there were 275 decorations for valor, wounds or combat deaths, the Army also honored some troops who remained in the safe environs of Army bases like Fort Bragg, N.C., waiting to be called. Defending the awards, which the other services handed out more conservatively, against charges of "medal inflation," Army Spokesman Major Robert Mirelson argues, "Within...
...equally determined to sabotage and discredit this attempt at U.S.-style democracy. The presidential campaign between U.S. -backed centrists and the reactionary right will be bitter and divisive. Whether a fair election can be held at all will depend on an army that has yet to prove its valor in battle or its commitment to change. - By John Kohan. Reported by Timothy Loughran/San Salvador and Johanna McGeary/ Washington
Lafayette here becomes a tale of high heroism, not by the marquis but by his quiet, self-effacing wife Adrienne. As relatives were falling to the guillotine all around her and the family's assets were confiscated, she responded with Fayettesque valor. Briefly imprisoned, Adrienne found food and housing for her family, began caring for destitute friends-including her husband's mistress-and waged a vigorous letter-writing campaign to win his freedom...
...situation suggests that the better part of valor is deception. The journalist lowers a microphone from the bureau's balcony to record the racket of civil war, and dubs in a scripted battle scene that includes the voice of a Palestinian guerrilla, played by the Lebanese office manager. The effect is similar to a realistic novel whose ironic task is to trick readers into believing they are getting things as they...