Word: attacking
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...operation offers little hope for people who have survived major strokes that have caused severe, lifelong disability. It is designed for those who have suffered minor strokes or who show early warning signs of trouble. In these patients the brain-artery bypass may avert death or a crippling attack that would require long and costly rehabilitation...
...credit, Carr did not attack just the West. He also denounced Africa's own murderous dictators, self-seeking businessmen and corrupt politicians. This caused trouble in Kenya, where the All Africa Conference is based. Attorney General Charles Njonjo turned against Carr, branding him a meddler. Even though a palatial $2 million headquarters on government-donated land is due to open in Nairobi next October, Carr tried to pull the organization out of the country...
...Jeep sped toward the DC-8 800 yds. down the dark tarmac. The remaining commandos moved out on foot at an almost leisurely pace. It proved fatal. "They were walking at a slow march," recalled a Western military observer who witnessed the attack. "My first thought was that this was a deliberate diversion. I was sure that a killer team must be climbing up the steps to the airplane under cover and unseen." But there was no killer team. In fact, no returning fire came from the DC-8. Instead, astonished Cypriot officials immediately ordered their national guardsmen to shoot...
DIED. Daniel ("Chappie") James Jr., 58, the first black four-star general in U.S. history; of a heart attack; in Colorado Springs, Colo. A child of Depression-era Florida and a veteran of the segregated armed forces, James joined in an early black sit-in in 1945, flew 101 combat missions in Korea and 78 more in Viet Nam, rose to be commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) before his retirement this month. In answer to questions about his career, James developed a standard response: "I got here because I'm damned good...
...which won its third road game of the season and upped its final win total to 12 for the season (the most for the Elis since Kingman Brewster was attending classes with my father), was in total command for the first 41-and-a-half minutes, anesthetizing the Harvard attack. At one point the Elis...