Word: captain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Back at Phnom-Penh's only orphanage, formerly a Catholic school, we saw young victims of Cambodia's agony. The guides trotted out winsome Sophon, 4, whose father, a captain in Lon Nol's army, was killed by Pol Pot's forces. Now she listlessly waved her arms as she sang a song titled The Day They Killed My Father. At the end, when she described her father's death, she drew a forefinger across her throat, as if to slash...
...like the faulty engine mounting that caused the U.S.'s worst single air disaster in Chicago last May. However, there was no evidence that the aircraft was defective. Though the exact cause of the crash remained undetermined at week's end, suspicions centered on possible pilot error. Captain Jim Collins, 45, was a flyer of 21 years' experience with a reputation for being "the epitome of a non-risk taker," but it was his first flight on that particular polar route. One theory was that he may have been battered by a sudden "cat"-a burst...
Senior co-captain Ned Cahoon went 22.1 in the 50 and 48.7 in the 100, the former qualifying him for the Eastern Seaboard meet...
...thought the team really put out," co-captain Lauren Norton said after the game. "It's frustrating for us all because it's just not going between those two red posts...
...Crimson did not fare as well in the even-numbered matches. At number two, John Stubbs lost to Army captain Bob Davis, who combined clutch three-wall nick shots with solid mid-court positioning to out-gun Stubbs...