Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country's populated areas, including all of its 44 provincial capitals and ten major cities. The Communists claim to control more than 2,500,000 people, or about 14% of South Viet Nam's total population of 17,500,000; in reality the number is probably closer to 500,000. Some intelligence officials believe that Hanoi and the Viet Cong will shift immediately after the cease-fire to widespread but small-scale guerrilla tactics. More likely the Communists will keep guerrilla activity to a minimum until the U.S. withdrawal is completed...
...distance of 50 miles, the inky horizon shimmered with an eerie red glow. At a distance of five miles, fly ash and stones peppered the plane's cockpit, making the sort of sound one hears when driving through a swarm of locusts. As we came still closer, fountains of flaming rock hurled up past us in the night, reaching heights twice that of the Empire State Building. The night turned from black to red, and the air smelled like sulfuric fumes from 100 billion burned-out kitchen matches. It was as if the twin-engine Piper aircraft were...
...been playing rhythm guitar behind bluesmen looking to widen their appeal. The album's not too bad, although several of Buddy's solos come off sounding distressingly like Alvin Lee. This should be Junior's South Side Chicago Blues Band at Joe's Place, and, while that'll be closer to the real thing, if you're lucky maybe J. Geils will show up one night...
...point in the afternoon, someone climbed up one of the flagpoles around the Washington Monument and tore down a flag. He was quickly followed by others, who tore down the remaining flags and set them afire amidst cheers. Some, seated closer to the speaker's platform, expressed their disapproval...
...HAVEN. Conn.--Yale College moved closer to adopting a full-year trimester calendar this weekend as the Yale Corporation approved schedule changes, including a new Summer term and an earlier start for the Fall and Spring terms...