The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon The Manchurian Candidate (1962) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) The premise of the story involves military members brainwashed to assist in the election of a political candidate who is secretly working for an enemy of the U.S.
The Legion of Boom is a term for the secondary (safeties and cornerbacks) of the Seattle Seahawks since 2011. The current starting players are cornerback Richard Sherman as well as safeties Kam Chancellor and Earl Thomas.
Since the boom is being generated continually as long as the aircraft is supersonic, it fills out a narrow path on the ground following the aircraft's flight path, a bit like an unrolling a red carpet, and hence known as the boom carpet. Its width depends on the altitude of the aircraft.