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Phoebe Meryll (Anna Blair '98) loves Colonel Fairfax (Joel Derfner '95), but he's in jail and is about to get the ax. Luckily, the head jailer Wilfred Shadbolt (Martin Lebwohl '96) loves Phoebe. With the help of her father, Sergeant Meryll (Bob Grady), and her sparkling eyes and sparkling other things, Phoebe swipes the cell key from Shadbolt. But, thinking he'll be executed soon. Fairfax suddenly decides to marry someone, anyone, in order to prevent his estate from going to a greedy and conniving relative. Sergeant Meryll sets Fairfax free and orchestrates a totally unbelievable switcheroo which involves...
...commander Colonel James McDonough, "we're going in first. Just give us the word." The troops are ready to fight, but they have also been mastering crowd control, learning the skills of dealing with civilian authorities, soothing ruffled residents. "My guys want to do what we train for," says Sergeant-Major Gerald Parks, his face painted green and black. "If people are dying in Bosnia and we can help...
...MISAPPLICATION OF THE WORD hero--your table of contents says "an All-American hero is whole again"--speaks volumes about America's mixed-up priorities. When we define as heroes grown men who play little boys' games, we demean the Audie Murphys, Sergeant Yorks, Florence Nightingales and countless anonymous police officers, fire fighters and others who have risked and sometimes forfeited their lives in the service of humanity. There are many great talented sports figures, including Simpson. Role models they may be. Heroes they are not. JOHN LUTHER, Buffalo, New York...
...sniper hiding in the woods opened fire on 1,300 Army paratroopers at Fort Bragg as they were about to set out on a predawn exercise run. One soldier was killed, and about 20 were wounded. Other soldiers seized and subdued the suspect, Sergeant William Kreutzer, a comrade at the North Carolina Army base. He was being questioned by Army officials...
...proposed park--which would be called the Sergeant Thomas J. Williams War Memorial--would fill the triangular area formed by the intersection of Mass Ave and Harvard Street...