Word: combatative
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...within hours of the Chinese invasion, evaluating what data could be obtained from military communiques and by satellite observation of the battle scene. In Moscow, strategists were equally attentive to the broader implications of the war. How well the People's Liberation Army does in its first real combat test since the Korean War nearly 30 years ago could provide clues to its capability against Soviet armies on China's northern border. Arrayed against the PLA was a formidable military instrument forged by Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap, the conqueror of Dien Bien Phu, whose forces had defeated...
...Shanghai and get a glimpse of Boston's Chinatown. Unlike the Combat Zone which borders it and turns abruptly quiet on Sunday morning. Chinatown's stores, bakeries, and restaurants are bustling with customers. And unlike some Chinatowns, Boston's is small--so you can see it all pretty easily. While you're there stop in at one of the bakeries for some almond cookies, moon cakes or honey sticks. Chinatown is a fun place to explore, and Shanghai a fun place to start. As the Taoist philosopher Chuang Tze once said, "Empty your head and fill your belly...
...crimes no more serious than truancy or running away from home. The bureaucrats in Washington call such juveniles "status offenders"; one of the pet projects of the Department of Justice is to "de-institutionalize" these inmates. They've allocated all sorts of post-Proposition 13 taxpayer dollars to combat the status offender problem, but so far very little of it has made its way out of Washington...
...Faculty Council may take a step toward remedying its non-committal image next week if it approves the reforms in tutorial legislation recommended by Glen W. Bowersock '57, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education. These proposed reforms seek to combat the gross discrepancies between stated University policy and actual practice by requiring professors to teach more tutorials...
...matter how many "combat" assignments a journalist gets, each new one brings its own special dangers, as Tehran Bureau Chief Bruce van Voorst discovered while reporting for this week's cover story. A veteran correspondent who joined TIME only last month, van Voorst, 46, has covered conflicts in the Dominican Republic, Jordan, Chile and Lebanon, plus the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. But he judges Iran to be his most dangerous territory...