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Word: blowed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there they were. First laying down a mortar barrage, the 272nd skillfully used bangalore torpedoes to blow big gaps in the six layers of barbed wire that surround Bo Due's two interconnected forts. Then, charging in mindless waves, the V.C. managed to reach one of the forts. Using homemade bamboo ladders that they had carried with them, they scaled the walls and captured the fort. Their victory was short-lived. While 250 South Vietnamese defenders fought back, U.S. advisers called in artillery strikes from two miles away, brought in planes to bombard the V.C. The Communists left behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Suicidal Intensity | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

...compartments hold the forty-odd chairs in the show. He painted the panels white, painted one wall of the room red-orange, and closed off a wall of windows with black cloth, a well-designed setting which is inexpensive to put together. On the panels were placed the photographic blow-ups of information on Thonet and the history of the chair...

Author: By Barth Schwartz, | Title: Form from Process | 12/7/1967 | See Source »

Saber was Harvard's best weapon Saturday. Ron Winfield slashed his way to 5-4, 5-3 victories. Bob Barnard scored 5-2, 5-1 wins and skillfully dismembered his opponent's watch in the last blow of the match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Shaken By SMTI Match | 12/4/1967 | See Source »

...group's newly renovated offices on Arrow Street look like something out of Blow Up. The main studio with its vaulted 20-foot ceiling is painted white. It is both cluttered and spacious, with cut-out magazine pictures, photographs of African natives, and brightly-colored design sketches all over the walls. Hanging above the doorway is a huge blueprint of the battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts, which Freeman and his comrades are turning into a World War II Memorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The architects of Cambridge | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

Captain Rick Sterne '68 will be playing in the number two position. Last February an operation for the removal of a cyst forced Sterne out of action at midseason. His loss was a crucial blow to the team, but this season Sterne is regaining top form. "He's stronger every day," Barnaby said. "He's a real terror on the court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Squash Balls May Roll In Championship Ways | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

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