Word: eighths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into enemy territory and towers over U.N. positions on the Chorwon Valley floor. Should the Chinese capture Harry, the U.N. would have to move its main line of resistance back as much as two miles. The day after the Chinese struck at the hill, the order came down from Eighth Army Commander Maxwell Taylor: "Hold Harry at all cost...
...place. A few girls fainted and collapsed on the roadway. Others threw themselves down, kicking and screaming. The mob surged toward the gate, the gatepost snapped, and the schoolgirls poured into the compound. For a moment they milled about aimlessly. Then the leaders led them down the street toward Eighth Army headquarters...
...toughs, trotted out frequently for "spontaneous demonstrations." Others were shuffling, disinterested older folk, householders mustered by their neighborhood ward heelers, or casual pedestrians ordered into the line of march. A long column of marchers fell in behind the high-school girls. At a big barricade in front of Eighth Army headquarters, the scratched and bleeding girls were pushed from behind, and clashed again with M.P.s and police. Water hoses dispersed...
...Dancer, winning his 14th race in 15 starts, brought his total earnings to $522,745, eighth place among alltime winners. Horsemen could finally agree that 1953 would go down as the Dancer's year; it was also apparent that Jamie K., owned , by International Boxing Club President Jim Norris, looked like a horse of the year in almost any year but the Dancer...
...River and the Gauntlet, by S.L. A. Marshall. An unforgettable story of the surprise and defeat of the U.S. Eighth Army on its 1950 march to the Yalu (TIME, June...