Word: soldierly
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...Bare-knuckle boxing has been outlawed in Thailand since 1923: too many fighters never awoke from that conclusive knockout, often delivered by a fist of hemp rubbed in ground glass. Nevertheless, tournaments are tolerated, partly because Muay Thai has a place in the country's history. Siamese soldiers perfected the martial art in the 16th century, and Thais have been flooring Burmese since as long ago as the 18th century, when soldier Nai Khanom won his freedom from captors by defeating 12 top Burmese fighters. To this day, many Thais ascribe their status as the sole unconquered Asian nation...
...Gulf War. But sometime during his troubled transit from quiet boy to disturbed man, he developed a deep and irrational hatred of the federal government he once served. In his letters from prison that were recently published in the Buffalo News, he said he saw himself as a soldier in a war against the government...
...America's leading historians, Schlesinger is also a prominent political figure. After serving as a soldier in World War II, Schlesinger became a presidential special assistant and speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy...
...cannot mourn for an Israeli defense soldier in the same vigil in which I mourn for a 12-year-old child hiding behind his father's back, or a friend of mine who got killed...." Abu-Ayyash said in October...
...loyal soldier, which is why the Bush family trusts him," former chief of staff Skinner says. "He's the ultimate team player...