Word: ens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kuwait -- by definition means seizing and holding ground, and that is one thing air power cannot do; only tanks and infantry can. Saddam could be overthrown by a coup, or he could suddenly pull his troops out voluntarily, or those troops could be so worn down that they surrender en masse. But a commander who bases his plans on any of those things would be taking almost as much of a chance as the restaurant customer who counts on paying for his dinner with the pearl he hopes to find in an oyster...
...airborne briefing en route to Saudi Arabia, however, Powell cautioned against the idea that the "ground campaign, as the night follows the day, means huge casualties." Saddam may be planning a Verdun in the sand, but ! allied commanders insist they are not going to oblige him by relying primarily on frontal attacks on the impressive Iraqi fortifications. The campaign instead is likely to combine a flanking maneuver around the lines in Kuwait, with paratroop drops and amphibious landings behind those lines...
...second period dominated by sloppy play was highlighted by Harvard's well-rested third-liners. It took 14 minutes, but juniors Courtney Hurley and Kath Ulman tallied their first goals of the season en route to a three-goal period. Whyte assisted on both goals...
...Tigers and Cadets also gave Harvard a fight earlier this season. Princeton held off Harvard's potent scoring attack en route to a 4-3 win over the Crimson in Princeton, N.J. Army was well on its way to doing the same to Harvard the very next day before the Crimson (8-8 overall, 8-6 ECAC) came up with four goals in the final period to win, 5-2, in West Point...
...middle stanza magic, as the Crimson scored three unanswered goals en route to a 4-2 lead after two periods. Simonds' second tally of the night, along with scores by Jen Minkus and Bev Stickles, constituted the Harvard barrage...