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...with Red China over their disputed Himalayan border has been more of a shouting than a shooting match. But last week, in an isolated area of the North East Frontier Agency near the border of Chinese-held Tibet, Indian and Chinese frontier guards engaged in a mortar and grenade duel that resulted in 55 casualties -33 Chinese and 22 Indians. As usual, both sides claimed that the other was the aggressor. What was unusual was a new Indian toughness toward the Chinese...
...feed in for the winter," Clark gunned his low-slung V-8 Lotus into the lead at the start, set a new lap record (110.4 m.p.h.), and stubbornly fought off Hill-despite a clutch that failed midway through the 230-mi. contest. Runner-up to Hill in the duel for the Grand Prix driving championship, Clark needs a victory in next month's South African Grand Prix...
...record of Henry Mercer's 12-meter Weatherly spoke for itself. Three times off Newport last week, Weatherly trounced Ross Anderson's Nefertiti to make a runaway of their climactic duel for the right to defend the America's Cup next month against Australia's Gretel. In each of the three races, the boat skippered by Bus Mosbacher won by a bigger margin...
...party at his fiancee's New York home. Here accounts differ. Some say that, in full view of everyone, he urinated into the fireplace. Others say he urinated into the grand piano. The engagement was off. Bennett and the girl's brother fought (halfheartedly) the last duel in the U.S., and the publisher exiled himself to Europe...
...Hamlet and Laertes duel. See Laertes stab Hamlet. See Hamlet stab Laertes...