Word: easts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That is a gamble Westy was willing to take because Khe Sanh sits astride five passes through the rugged Annamite mountains, including the major east-west Route No. 9. Control of Khe Sanh, U.S. commanders insist, puts the Marines in a blocking position across the natural invasion route into the northern provinces of South Viet...
Crucial in a Sense. But Giap had a surprise for Lang Vei: nine Soviet light tanks, equipped with thin armor but powerful guns, the first Communist use of tanks in the entire war. The tanks deployed in classic fashion east and west of the outpost, then rolled right through the camp's wire and up onto the bunker roofs, followed by North Vietnamese infantrymen. "We heard them," says a Green Beret, "but we never thought they were tanks. We thought they were our generator acting up." Soon the Communists started shoveling satchel charges, grenades, napalm and tear gas down...
...Gaulle obviously exploited the incident to put Kiesinger on the defensive for this week's visit, during which the German Chancellor is expected to put pressure on France to stop vetoing British entry into the Common Market and stop meddling in such West German affairs as relations with East Germany. But De Gaulle overplayed his hand, making the Germans more determined than ever to press him. "I will not travel to Paris in sackcloth and ashes," said Brandt, "and this applies all the more to the Chancellor. It is high time that we put an end to what many...
...contests at Grenoble were that close. Austria's pretty Olga Pall, 20, won the ladies' downhill by almost half a second over France's Isabelle Mir. The pro-caliber Russian hockey team blanked Finland, 8-0, and East Germany, 9-0, then handed the U.S. squad its third straight defeat, by the equally lopsided score of 10-2. Nine-time World Champion Eugenio Monti, at 40, demonstrated that he has lost none of his skill and daring by piloting Italy's No. 1 sled to victory in the first two heats of the two-man bobsled...
...chartreuse, and skating to the strains of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique, she began a dazzling array of acrobatic leaps and spins. Her artistry won her a rousing ovation from the crowd and a total score of 1,970.5 points, 88.2 more than Runner-Up Gaby Seyfert of East Germany...