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Confusion over casualty counts continued. Major General Norman Schwarzkopf, deputy commander of the invasion force, said that 160 Grenadian soldiers and 71 Cubans had been killed during the invasion. The Pentagon had given a much lower count of 59 Cuban and Grenadian combat deaths, offering no breakdown on the nationalities. There was agreement that 18 Americans had died. The glaring lack of advance intelligence about Grenada and the haste with which the military was ordered to mount the invasion showed in the fact that the U.S. forces, as it turns out, were unaware that the medical students were located...
...Administration, along with members of the O.E.C.S., argued that the breakdown of order and authority on Grenada added to the need for some military intervention. Even many Grenadians applauded the invasion, at least initially. That slippery rationale, however, could be used to justify invading any one of a number of countries in Latin America or elsewhere. Indeed, when Shultz made that argument on Capitol Hill, one black Congressman snapped, "Hell, if that's the criterion, the Marines should be sent into my district...
...quickly, converting a sure penalty shot into the game's first score at the 15:36 mark. That Jane Hetrich stroke gave Brown the only goal it would need on the afternoon. Sheila McCarthy provided the insurance, though, at just 1:50 of the second, when a Crimson defensive breakdown allowed her to sneak through the Harvard zone and beat a helpless Lamont...
...official at the Cambridge branch of New England Bell said yesterday that the computer breakdown affected no other communities and may have been caused accidentally by technicians installing new phone equipment...
...appear to bless any U.S. deployment before it takes place." Anticipating the Soviet tactic last week even before Zamyatin's remarks, U.S. officials publicly said that a Soviet walkout at Geneva might be imminent. The warning was an attempt to put the burden of responsibility for a breakdown in the talks squarely on the Kremlin...