Word: assaults
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After going three-up after only two holes, Himelman unleashed his assault on par. He saved par on the third when he socked a fading two-iron to within eight feet of the cup. He then parred the next nine holes. After bogeying 12, he ladled a nine-iron four feet from the pin for a gimme birdie on 13. He lost his chance for a 75 when he three-putted the final hole...
...considerably more lively than the session, which so far has set a record unmatched in two decades for legislative inactivity. Critics have already dubbed the 96th the "do nothing" Congress, the same fighting words used by President Harry Truman in his famous "Give 'em hell" assault on the 80th Congress when he was running for election...
...fascist dictator is finished!" the invaders shouted over loudspeakers as they moved slowly through the city. Two nights before, the Tanzanian army unleashed an assault on Kampala: a dozen MiG-21s screamed over the city, strafing military targets, and an eight-hour artillery barrage lit the skyline with almost continuous flashes. Next day the invading force was greeted by jubilant Kampalans who danced in the streets and tossed flowers at the advancing tanks. Accompanying the Tanzanians was TIME'S Tony Avirgan, who observed: "The whole thing took on the air of a victory parade, but at times the revelry...
...past few weeks, rebels have wiped out a small government garrison in El Jicaro and shot down an armed C-47. In response, the dictator beefed up the National Guard from 8,100 to more than 12,000, and imported an arsenal of new weapons, including Israeli assault rifles and machine pistols. The National Guard, which is commanded by the dictator's half brother, Colonel Jose Somoza, is now so preoccupied with battling the rebels that routine police work has been sacrificed and street crime is rampant. Complains the manager of a bottling company whose trucks were robbed...
...Brown oarsmen won the Head of the Charles in October and seemed poised to make an assault on the rowing aristocracy. But the San Diego race and a disastrous three-tenths-of-a-second loss to Boston University, a squad Brown, destroyed by seven seconds last year, indicates the Bruins might be a year away...