Word: columne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week the drive suddenly grew into a major offensive. Along the Uganda border, a government column shook the rebel hold on the northeastern Congo by recapturing the towns of Beni and Lubero. In the west, another force rolled unopposed from Boende all the way to Ikela, a vital road junction 185 miles from Stanleyville. But the main force came from the south. There, led by a Belgian colonel and 250 mercenaries, the 2,000-man 5th Mechanized Brigade clanked out of its staging area at Kongolo one morning, rumbled 250 miles in four days, conquered the rebel communications center...
...world was saddened to read of the passing of Herbert C. Hoover [Oct. 30]. In an adjoining column of your magazine, we also read a report of Khrushchev possibly being under house arrest. What a contrast in the treatment shown former leaders, controversial though they may be! Need anyone ask the difference between democracy and Communism? MRS. GRANT VEVANG Rolling Meadows...
...were deployed. High atop a yellow cliff, a Spanish admiral looked down at the smooth flow of men and machines and termed it "an incredibly complex, perfectly organized and flawless operation." It was not entirely flawless. Marine Lieut. Colonel James B. Ord, at an inland command post, noted a column of smoke twisting over pine trees on the horizon. Grumbled Ord: "Some damn fool started a forest fire. I hope they get it out quickly." Then his walkie-talkie man reported: "Two helicopters have collided and crashed." The H-34 choppers, carrying 22 men, had smashed together some...
...world was saddened to read of the passing of Herbert C. Hoover [Oct. 30]. In an adjoining column of your magazine, we also read a report of Khrushchev possibly being under house arrest. What a contrast in the treatment shown former leaders, controversial though they may be! Need anyone ask the difference between democracy and Communism...
...think it is time for a liberal to answer the self-righteous charge of political thoughtlessness levelled by David D. Friedman '65 in his column in the Oct. 30 issue of the CRIMSON. If we tend to ridicule Senator Goldwater, it is our best answer to people who listen to no arguments but their own. If this tactic has wronged the mental elasticity of any supporters of Senator Goldwater, if they are in fact open to persuasion, I should like to offer the argument of one liberal against the conscientious conservative...