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Word: broking (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hardly had the convoy left the Premier's office, a few blocks from the U.S. embassy on Thong Nhut Boulevard, when bedlam broke out. A man wearing a Vietnamese Ranger uniform and carrying a pistol rushed up and opened fire on a traffic cop who was clearing the way for the convoy. A cyclo, one of Saigon's three-wheeled open taxis, suddenly materialized in the middle of the street. Two of the police Jeeps pulled up alongside the Premier's limousine as wild firing broke out; the convoy sped around the cyclo and away from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Assassination Attempt | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

Then sophomore center Kevin Pettit, who had scored the decisive goal in the Big Red's 3-2 overtime victory over B.U. Friday night, broke the deadlock on a frenzied play...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: Cornell Edges Harvard For ECAC Crown | 3/10/1969 | See Source »

There were two other highlights for Harvard partisans. Captain Martie Chalfie romped to victory in the butterfly, and workhorse Steve Krause broke his own Harvard record in the 1000-free with a 10:19.6 clocking. This was 1.2 seconds better than the former mark...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Murphy, Cahalan Star, But Eli Mermen Triumph | 3/10/1969 | See Source »

Junior Keith Colburn broke his own university record in the 1000 with a 2:08.6 clocking last Saturday and is listed as a co-favorite in that event tonight. The fleet redhead has worked hard this week in anticipation of a tight race with Villanova's Frank Murphy, St. John's' Phil Tobin, and NYU's Byron Dyce...

Author: By Richard T. Howe, | Title: Benka, Nosal Best Hope in ICAAAA; Runners to Test Villanova, Maryland | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

...with matter-of-fact pride, "I knew enough chemistry to take part in research, enough biology to do unaided research, and I had a fair knowledge of history and contemporary politics." Thus equipped, he went to New College, Oxford, started in mathematics, switched to "Greats" (classics and philosophy), and broke an oar in the college crew. Strong in mind and body, he entered the military in 1914, eventually to be praised by Marshal Haig as "the bravest and dirtiest officer in my army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Genius of Genes | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

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