Word: broking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fought ferociously, sending the U.S. death toll up to 240 in one week, the highest of the war. But Communist losses were far higher, owing in large part to the 1st Air Cav's helicoptered artillery, rocket-firing choppers and tactical air support. Giap's men finally broke and ran, and the 1st Air Cav relentlessly pursued them in a campaign culminating in the battle of la Drang Valley, where the slaughter of 2,262 of his men was a hideous revelation to Giap of the new kind of war and enemy that he faced...
Ryun has run faster since. Distance runners traditionally do not reach their peak before their mid-20s-Britain's Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4-min. barrier in 1954, and France's Michel Jazy, the current record holder, is 30. Ryun, at the tender age of 19, is already the second-fastest miler in history. In this month's Compton Invitational track meet at Los Angeles, he sped the distance in 3 min. 53.7 sec.-just .1 sec. off Jazy's world record. Afterward, he complained mildly that the official who was supposed...
When 36 graduates showed up with the arm bands and 16 walked out, the rest of the Amherst audience rose and loudly applauded Amherst President Calvin Plimpton's mention of McNamara. Moved by the ovation, Plimpton haltingly read the McNamara citation. His voice broke as he said: "You have displayed an integrity so unquestioned that, while I would still prefer to go myself, I am willing to trust my sons [he has three, aged 14 to 24] to your administration, knowing that there is an intellectual and compassionate human at the helm." As the honoris causa hood was placed...
...specialize in collecting Eastern art works? "In 1935," he says, "I made a special trip to London to see a .great exhibit of Chinese art there. British experts had brought a whole gunboat load back. Seeing that drove the last nail in my coffin. I've been broke ever since." Now, because of Brundage, the Western world has a rare chance to study the artistic richness of the Orient...
...Spee Club broke tradition this year by electing a Negro, the first ever to join a Harvard Final Club. But it would be a mistake to assume that this step indicates a change in the attitudes of most club members...