Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 9--Iraqi rebels claimed tonight that they held the oilrich north, under air attack, and were fanning out over Iraq from Mosul. The government claimed the rebel uprising was destroyed by bombers and troops of Premier Abdel Kassem's Baghdad regime...
Died. Mack Gordon (real name: Morris Gittler), 54, jumbo (over 300 Ibs.) Hollywood lyricist (Chattanooga Choo Choo, Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?), longtime partner of the late Composer Harry Revel (TIME, Nov. 17); of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...string section has become more solid, and the intonation continues to improve. The main faults are an over-weighty bass, and a tendency to lose intensity on the sustained notes. A less pronounced and biting attack on each note would have supplied a smoother legato, particularly in the opening Purcell Overture, which was otherwise very satisfactory in tone...
Throughout the evening Yale's first line, on the ice for all but one of the goals, forechecked and scrapped in a disorganized--though fired-up--attack. The whole team responded to the highly partisan crowd, which cheered whenever a Yale man touched the puck...
...only exception was goalie Harry Pratt, who was far below his usual performance and ordinarily would have handled most of the four Yale goals scored from beyond 35 feet. Neither Pratt nor the varsity was ready for the wild attack launched by the Elis from the opening faceoff. Left-wing John Schley fought for the puck along the boards and passed across to center ice, where defenseman Bruce Smith fired Yale's first shot. As Pratt seemed distracted by action along the boards, the 40-foot waist-high blast whistled into the right corner for a goal...