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Have you ever been in a social setting of some sort – perhaps a business presentation or meeting, a concert, a luncheon, a speech or the like – where you were itching to clap but no one else did, so you paused until everyone else started clapping? Or, have you been in a similar social setting where clearly one person …

Blackhawk Down. The story of American military involvement in Somalia and a particularly gruesome battle in Mogadishu following a botched raid and the downing of two Blackhawk helicopters. A small group of elite soldiers are pinned down by an overwhelming number of Somali militia. Men are dead. Men are wounded. Those still alive are trapped in a couple locations trying …