Word: captained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Army regulations exclude women from combat duty, but that rule was stretched when 771 female soldiers took part in the invasion of Panama, including several MPs who were involved in firefights. One officer, Captain Linda Bray, directed her platoon against a Panamanian garrison at an attack-dog kennel. Though no Panamanians were killed, as was originally reported, shots were exchanged...
...Olympic boycotts. TNT has aired such advocacy films as Nightbreaker, an antinuclear drama starring Martin Sheen, and Incident at Dark River, in which Mike Farrell (who produced the movie) plays a man whose daughter is killed by toxic waste dumped by a local factory. Currently in production is Captain Planet, a cartoon show for kids about a superhero who fights environmental villains. And Turner's new publishing unit has just created the Turner Tomorrow Awards, offering prizes of up to $500,000 for outstanding unpublished works of fiction that deal with saving the planet...
...peripatetic TV kingpin has relaxed his day-to-day involvement in TBS and toned down his former "Captain Outrageous" image. Divorced from his second wife, Turner lives in a penthouse atop CNN headquarters in downtown Atlanta. But he spends an increasing portion of his time at his various retreats: two plantations in South Carolina and Florida and a ranch in Montana, where he goes fly-fishing and plans to keep a herd of buffalo. "He's much mellower now," says an associate. "He doesn't yell at people." Turner puts it differently: "I am maturing. That's better than aging...
...Atlanta-based TV empire, after some rocky days, is thriving. But the man once known as "Captain Outrageous" has more on his agenda these days than just the bottom line...
...Bench: The Crimson bench, led by Dana Smith, Schernecker and freshman Tyler Rullman, far outclassed their opposing reserves. The trio accounted for 51 points this weekend. With the Crimson leading Cornell, 77-75, and 52 seconds remaining in the game, Rullman stripped the ball from Co-Captain Monte Boykin at halfcourt and drove in for a game-clinching layup...