Word: caps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ROBERT M. SHEERIN Saint-Jean-Cap Ferrat, France...
...solved the problem of Communist terrorism. A fortnight ago an American police adviser was gunned down in broad daylight on a main road near the sea resort of Cap Saint-Jacques; he was one of the 800 soldiers and civilians who fall to the Communist terrorists every month in South Viet Nam. Three weeks ago emboldened Viet Minh guerrillas struck into South Viet Nam by way of chaotic Laos, engaged Diem's army in pitched fighting for a week. Pleading the Communist threat, Diem has ruled with rigged elections, a muzzled press, and political re-education camps that...
February 28: Thomas S. Gates, Chief of the University Police, replaces the force's water pistols with cap guns, and supplies all men on duty with foam rubber trunchcons. Issues statement: "We have never been stronger...
...Harvard JV's tied the score later in the second quarter as Hank Hatch raced 40 yards from scrimmage to cap a 60 yard drive. The Crimson also failed to convert after their touchdown, and the halftime score stood...
...home runs for the Giants in the 1923 World Series. But he was at his best when he played the game for laughs: popping out of a manhole in a bush-league outfield to catch a flyball, giving the bird to jeering Dodger fans by raising his cap in salute and releasing a sparrow. In nine National League seasons as manager of Brooklyn and Boston, Stengel never finished higher than fifth; Brooklyn even paid him not to manage by buying up his contract...