Word: defeating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There was a lot of stew in the days just after the attack. General Westmoreland got on the Armed Forces Vietnam network to tell us all that this was the greatest defeat that the enemy had ever suffered. Ambassador Bunker got on to tell us that American forces and their gallant allies were having their greatest victory. They even had a brief dub-in from President Johnson in Washington telling us that this was a great defeat for the Viet Cong and a victory for America and South Vietnam. And that this was an act of last desperation...
Perhaps the Viet Cong spokesman in Cambodia was right and the U.S. must be handed a stunning military defeat. Then I become terribly frightened as to what our response will be. Here is where the people in Saigon began wondering: If Khe Sanh falls, if another city or two is badly struck, if there are civilian uprisings--which I would not be surprised to see in the next few months because of what we are doing to defend the cities now--if this did happen, what would the response of the United States be? If Thieu and Ky fall...
What happened to the large contingent of Ionian Greeks in the Persian army? Did they cover up their treachery by fighting for Darius against the Athenians, or did they change sides? There is no information, but one may wager that they contributed to the Persian defeat. How will history deal with the Viet Cong, the north and south Vietnamese and the Americans? Richard N.Frye Aga Khan Profesor of Iranian
Harvard came out expecting a field day against a team that had yielded 68 goals in losing nine of its last ten games, including a 7-2 decision to Harvard at Hanover and a 4-3 defeat by pathetic Penn...
...addition to the five team points it lost on the Kopecki forfeit, Harvard suffered through Joe Moss (130)'s pin defeat to Mike Yacco, Jeff Seder (145)'s 6-2 loss to Mike Brown, Dave Stern (152)'s 4-3 loss to Bob Sheetz on riding time, and Dick Low (160)'s 9-2 loss to George Bellino...