Word: marshaler
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...friend says that Stockman, as Reagan's chief budget cutter, is resigned to being the "most unpopular man in Washington for the next few years." His manner is sometimes aloof and abrasive, but even critics admire his ability to marshal facts quickly and wield them to deadly effect during debates...
...Iraqi side, the government's radio and television sustained a comparable campaign of martial enthusiasm. Like Khomeini, President Saddam Hussein went on television to address his nation in his field marshal's uniform. "Our army has reached its goals," Saddam boasted. "The time is over," he said, "when Iran acted as watchdog of the gulf. We are the swords of the Arab people." Yet, in some passages, the address was curiously low-keyed and Saddam otherwise displayed little of his usual bravado. At times his voice quaked as he sipped nervously from a glass of water...
Author George Plimpton, New York City's fireworks marshal, will narrate the fireworks presentation...
...city's 350 Committee come true, it will be a clear and dark night. If so, fireworks will begin on the banks of the Charles at Harvard Square. If it's raining, Sunday is the rain date. People to watch include George Plimpton, New York's honorary fireworks marshal. And bring a transistor radio turned to WBZ AM 1030 for music as the sky lights...
...combat experience since World War II in trying to quash guerrilla opposition in Afghanistan. Although it now appears that Soviet forces are having more trouble than they probably anticipated, Western military experts believe that the initial invasion was an impressive military operation. The Soviet forces, which were commanded by Marshal Sergei Sokolov, 68, demonstrated that they had mastered the techniques of airlifting enormous quantities of men and supplies, coordinating air and ground attacks, and controlling the action on a distant battlefield via complicated satellite communications systems. And, as the U.S. did in Viet Nam, the Soviet command is battle-testing...