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...first American dead. It was a bright, sunny afternoon on a branch of the muddy Mekong. I was on one of the Navy's small converted landing craft used as staging points in the watery interior. Suddenly a sailor casually noted, "There's a floater off the stern. Hell, where's the boat hook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEASE-FIRE: Looking Back: TIME Correspondents Recall the War | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

Defense has changed the most since 1950. he said. "When I started, defensemen were the big guys who couldn't skate. They'd just look for a floater when they got the puck...

Author: By R. N. G., | Title: 'They've Called Me Many Things But You Pronounce it Why-land' | 3/25/1971 | See Source »

...coming battle was the influx of "street people" at the beginning of the summer. Like the runaways who came to Boston two years ago, they had heard that Cambridge was where the dope and music were, and they came to cash in. Some estimated the average daily floater population of Cambridge as above 4,000. People working at Project Place estimated by the end of the summer that one out of six street freaks sitting at Forbes Plaza was on heroin...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Harvard Square: Some Fiddled, Others Burned | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

Hynes netted his fourth goal moments into the third period for his 37th goal and 59th point of the season. Phil Shea's slapshot and Jim Thomson's floater gave the Crimson an ?? lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports '73 Thinclads and Stickmen Triumph In Important Weekend Contests Hockey | 2/24/1970 | See Source »

...when he rifled a slap shot through a maze of players and past goalie Joe Bertagna at 12:05 of the first period. Harvard capitalized on a four-on-two breakaway seven minutes later to even the score Larry Desmond grabbed a pass from Bill Corkery and flicked a floater into the right side of goaltender Pat Finch's net to pick up the tally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardlings Maul Warrior Icemen Late in Game to Win Eighth, 6-3 | 2/5/1970 | See Source »

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