Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...diminished the vast acreage of land now in Viet Cong hands. That differential in payoff is the chief reason for the war's frustration. For it is accepted as axiomatic by everyone concerned that the war will be won or lost in the countryside, that final victory requires the defeat and dispersal of those faceless little men in black pajamas, the Viet Cong...
...brink of falling to the Communists when the U.S. buildup began in mid-1965, South Viet Nam is now a citadel of sovereignty that even Hanoi admits cannot be taken by overt aggression. In that sense, the conventional war is no longer a contest. "The U.S. can defeat us in positional warfare," is the blunt admission of North Vietnamese Lieut. General Nguyen Van Vinh, deputy chief of staff in Hanoi...
Impromptu Tollbooths. As U.S. forces faced up to the vital job of coping with the regular Communist armies, the hope was that when the big Red units began to topple in defeat, the guerrillas in the rear would lose heart. It seemed reasonable to believe that as their supply lines were bombed and as their soldiers were denied their customary rice rations, the Viet Cong would lose their stomach for revolution. So far, there are few signs that the elusive and dedicated guerrillas have lost either heart or stomach...
...Nationals at Philadelphia this weekend will give Harvard a chance to show that they are experienced enough to bounce back from a crushing loss, and that they can defeat Vesper under any conditions...
Elston Howard, for so many years a clutch hitter of the New York Yankees, proved a Yankee in Red Sox garments last night by lining a bases-loaded single to left in the ninth-inning to defeat the Washington Senators...