Word: droves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...morning qualifying heats set the stage for the afternoon's festivities. The freshman lights drove off the line from the outset and easily outdistanced seeded competitors Navy and Penn...
...truckloads of green-uniformed troops who wore helmets inscribed TIEN VI SAIGON?Onward to Saigon?swept down Unity Boulevard to the presidential palace. The gates had been left ajar, but one tank, followed by several others, smashed through the fence nonetheless, then fired triumphal salvos. One detachment of troops drove off in a Jeep with Minh to an undisclosed location; later he was brought back to repeat his surrender announcement before being whisked away again...
Achieving the mix will require considerable sacrifice, pain and, very likely, a strong dose of coercion. Still, along with the fear that drove thousands into flight or attempted flight, much of South Viet Nam could only feel relief that the war was over. For the first time since French boats steamed into Danang in 1858, the nationalistic and proud Vietnamese, North and South, creators of splendid past civilizations, were rid of any foreign presence. For the first time since the Japanese conquest of 34 years ago, there was peace...
...loss of perspective in life, constant curtailment of his personal freedom, spying and harrassment by superiors, informers who followed his 1every step--all this drove Ivan Dejmal to a suicide attempt, in the summer of 1974. The psychological terror had apparently achieved its goal...
...individual highlight of the tournament for Harvard came when Tom Yellin, hitting into the wind and rain on the second day, drove a three-wood 215 yards into the hole for an eagle two on the par four 440-yard sixth hole...