Word: assaulting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ground and air combat in the South is being greatly intensified. Last week, while U.S. Army units fanned out in three big search-and-destroy operations, thousands of marines, intent on trapping a hard-core Viet Cong division, stormed a beach south of Quang Ngai in the biggest amphibious assault mounted by the U.S. since the Inchon landing in Korea...
...forgot to mention that Spain under Franco has the lowest rate in juvenile delinquency in Europe, the lowest rate in murder, assault, suicide, divorce, and no pornographic magazines. You also forgot to mention that we are sending billions of dollars and thousands of young Americans to South Viet Nam to hold back Communism in Asia, but it was these hard-headed Spaniards under Franco who crushed Communism in Spain during 1936-39, at no cost to America. You finally forgot to mention that Spain under Franco has never given America a headache, big or small. You ask: After Franco, what...
...shakedowns by real or phony cops, a practice known as "gayola." Advocates of the Wolfenden position argue further that persecution by society only renders the neurotic homosexual more neurotic. A Church of England committee declared that the function of the law is to "protect young people from seduction or assault, and to protect society from nuisances," but not to be the guardian of private morality...
Slogging to Victory. Throughout the second half, the Packers slogged up and down the muddy field, scoring a touchdown and a field goal, controlling the ball so effectively that the Browns got to run only 16 plays to Green Bay's 35. The stars of that relentless assault were the cripples: Fullback Taylor, Halfback Hornung. In all, Hornung carried 18 times for 105 yds.; Taylor, workhorse of the Green Bay backfield, picked up 96 yds. on 27 carries to earn the game's Most Valuable Player award. When the final gun sounded, it was Hornung and Taylor...
...Ashe was accused of assaulting another sailor with a knife in Puerto Rico. Before they were jointly tried by a general court-martial, one of Ashe's two co-defendants told the Navy commander defending them that Ashe had been merely a bystander when the assault occurred. On taking the stand, the same man suddenly switched his story and implicated Ashe. Startled, the commander told the court: "I don't think I can represent them both properly." How could he defend one man without attacking the other? Not moved, the court ordered counsel to continue, and found...