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After bit parts in A Nightmare on Elm Street and Platoon, you cut a path to fame as Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton's shear-fingered innocent.
Dan Langdale, Newton, Mass.: In your piece about Pat Tillman, you note in passing that his brother was in his platoon; you use the phrase "friendly fire" to note a possible cause of Pat Tillman's death; you refer to a possible cover-up of something darker and I find the word "fratricide" appearing twice, once in a quote from his mother.
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"He's showing me he knows how to play the outfield, which gives you some options if you decide to platoon or you want to put him in there for a while," Torre said of Vander Wal.
After all, he told me, "Diplomacy is always a little bit harder than just saying, 'This is what I want to do — everybody fall in.' It is a body of sovereign nations, not a rifle platoon that you can order around".
"There's also a lot of guys you could bring in to platoon and give you the production you're looking for.
"There's also a lot of guys who you could bring in that can piecemeal it and platoon and give you the production you're looking for.
One 16-year-old recruit had written: "The highlight of the week was bayonet training, where the platoon staff built you up into a rage to make you eager to kill and thirsty for blood.
The Cold War was on, the draft had been revived, but if you joined an attractive USMC program called the platoon leaders class, you spent summers training at Quantico.
(While I could have also browsed for military-style jackets, I already own a couple and am not aiming to outfit a platoon. If you're in the market for one, though, inexpensive versions are ubiquitous).
That one in Platoon which makes you cry? Classic FM's latest poll has deemed it Ralph Vaughan William's The Lark Ascending; they also think he's possibly the greatest composer of all time.
You were not particularly happy when pilots you flew with called you Mommy Platoon Leader.
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