Word: soldiered
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Waller who blurted out that unexpected assessment last week, and for those who know him, it was altogether plausible that this was a simple case of a guileless Army man putting his boot in his mouth. "He's a hell of a good soldier," said a friend of Waller's, "but that doesn't make him a competent spokesman...
Desert Warrior Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became America's most saluted soldier as he guided the swift deployment of 280,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. His tough-guy image and smooth deskside manner have pundits speculating that Powell would be the perfect running mate for Bush...
...Soldier, politician and poet, Hussain Mohammad Ershad is a man who has taken pride in his sense of balance. For almost nine years he managed to maintain his footing in the notoriously slippery ground of Bangladesh politics. Last week, however, the President ran out of ground to stand on. Resigning in a dramatic late-night announcement, he touched off jubilant dancing in the streets by people who viewed his humiliation as poetic justice...
Once the audience realizes that the door on stage left represents birth and the one on stage right represents death, the entrance and exit of characters acquires new urgency. Sam's (Anton Quist) departure is particularly effective. After the family has admired his fine soldier's uniform, he remarks, "Well, goodbye," and boldly--one might say blindly--marches through death's door...
According to a Bloomingdales official, most of the packages were sent by people who knew no one in the Persian Gulf, but just wanted to send their support. A bit odd, perhaps, but not surprising when you consider that the typical infantry soldier is unlikely to be part of the Bloomingdales class...