Word: flares
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...outpost in the Mekong Delta, killing 27 defenders. Still, the only big Tet offensive last week was an American one: hundreds of air strikes were flown against Communist targets, including long-range artillery emplacements just above the Demilitarized Zone. South Vietnamese intelligence officers believe that an early February Communist flare-up had been planned but was put aside so that Communist negotiators in Paris could make a show of seriously considering President Nixon's eight-point peace proposal...
...Tempers Flare...
...then, tempers had begun to flare. Crisp, thoughtful passing on the Harvard power play set up Larry Desmond for the Crimson's-sixth goal with 8 minutes gone in the third period. Bob Havern slipped the second of his three goals past confused Princeton goalie Phil Robinson 40 seconds later...
Both teams played tight, fast games that tended to become somewhat disorganized, leading to the great number of fouls. The referees closely followed the action, however, and prevented any of the flare-ups that often mark inter-House play...
...Laird recently said that the Communists have "advertised an offensive as they have advertised no other offensive in Viet Nam." The White House has been encouraging such forecasts of trouble, for obvious reasons. Richard Nixon is taking no chances that the U.S. public will be surprised by a bloody flare-up in South Viet Nam-as it was, with fatal consequences for the Johnson Administration, in the Tet offensive of February...