Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson defense went on to stifle B.C. for the rest of the game, allowing only two goals, while Predun, with four more goals, and Martin, who finished with five assists, ran a Crimson attack that never...
James Cornell, publications manager for the Center, says the combination brings together "all the various tools one needs to attack problems at the very limits." For Marc Davis, assistant professor of Astronomy, the tools include the grant-obtaining power of a Harvard faculty appointment, and SAO observing equipment in Arizona...
Although the Soviets trail in cruise technology, Pentagon experts estimate that the Russians could catch up in about five years. Moreover, the cruise could not be used to launch a surprise attack; its leisurely subsonic speed (for extreme long range: 400 m.p.h.) gives plenty of warning that it is on its way. But the cruise is a powerful deterrent to a first-strike Soviet attack. Both cheap and mobile, cruises can be deployed in such massive numbers across the U.S., in planes and at sea that it would be impossible for the Soviets to destroy them all. The surviving cruises...
Meanwhile, the main body of Katangese circled Bumba's positions to join the infiltrators in a lightning attack that erupted everywhere in Mutshatsha at once. Within an hour, they had seized the army command post, the rail yard and a trainload of U.S.-and Belgian-made arms and ammunition. When Bumba's edgy battalions realized they had been bypassed, they simply streamed away through the jungle. After the loss of Mutshatsha-which the government denied for six days-Mobutu replaced his local commander with General Singa Boyenge...
Members of the junta admit that torture takes place, although they deny it is systematic. They argue that harsh tactics are justified "in direct proportion to the nature of the attack." Says Videla: "What is Argentina to do? Does it defend itself or does it let its way of life be changed? I reply: Argentina must defend itself against this aggression." President Carter's decision in February to cut U.S. arms aid was received with angry dismay. "Carter does not understand us," said one officer. "He is playing into the hands of the terrorists, not helping the forces...