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Crimson Captain Scott Fusco scored once and pitched in three assists against Dartmouth Saturday night at Bright Center. The goal, which came after two first period assists, gave the Burlington native his 196th career point...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icemen Well-Armed for a Return to Dairyland | 12/19/1985 | See Source »

...196th such message, as Reagan noted, since George Washington delivered his first in 1790. Twice, in 1953 and 1961, both the outgoing and incoming Presidents gave formal State of the Union speeches; normally it is the prerogative of the outgoing Chief Executive to deliver the talk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mending and Bending | 2/7/1983 | See Source »

...196th Division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Excursions in Mao's China | 3/6/1972 | See Source »

Riding for more than two hours and 60 miles east of Peking along the flat plain that moves in an endless wave of villages and fields, past small ponies pulling fertilizer carts, we come to Yuang village, headquarters of the 196th Division of the People's Liberation Army. Formed in 1937 from partisan contingents, the 196th fought against the Japanese and Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang, then in Korea against U.S. forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Excursions in Mao's China | 3/6/1972 | See Source »

...week progressed TV's pundits gradually recovered enough from their initial excitement and culture shock to offer some sharp, personal comments. After the trip to the army base Cronkite noted that the tanks being destroyed in a training exercise were American and that the division, the 196th, had killed many Americans in Korea. The thought gave him, he said, "a chill up the spine." Eric Sevareid, after touring Peking University, noted that the intellectual level was that of a U.S. junior college. "Today," he said, "China is counter-revolutionary as regards the human mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: China Coverage: Sweet and Sour | 3/6/1972 | See Source »

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