Word: formosae
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...retired Army lieutenant general, who served as chief of staff to General Joseph Stilwell in the China-Burma-India theater from 1943 to 1945 and, immediately following the war, commanded a task force that disarmed the Japanese forces and destroyed their war materiel on the islands between Okinawa and Formosa; of a heart attack; in Wilton, Conn...
...Quemoy and Matsu, some five miles off the mainland Chinese coast. Nixon argued that they should be defended by the U.S. against any Communist attack; Kennedy insisted that they should be defended only if assaulted in a clear prelude to an invasion of Taiwan, some 100 miles across the Formosa Strait. Also argued excessively was the issue of U.S. prestige. Kennedy contended that it had fallen dangerously throughout the world, while Nixon claimed that it was "at an all time high...
...other challengers? Penn again looks strong, especially at midfield and on the backline. The Quakers, like Harvard, will have only one problem--finding a consistent scoring attack. All-Ivy forward Santiago formosa is playing on the Pan Am team and will not be around this season...
...During this Bicentennial of our hard-won freedom, we are searching for meaningful ways to celebrate while we stand by and watch first Cambodia, then South Viet Nam fall to an aggressor [March 31]. As the dominoes fall, will it be Thailand next, then South Korea, Nationalist China on Formosa and so on? These people have fought and are still fighting for the same basic reasons for which we took on Great Britain...
Joining the Crimson ace at forward are sophomore sensation Fred Pereira of Brown, Dartmouth's premier playmaker Bruce Bokor, Olympian Santiago Formosa, a Penn sophomore, and the Bruins' Dan Frazier. Pereira led the Ivies in scoring with seven goals and three assists, followed by Bokor who picked up nine points, all on assists. Bullard ended up fourth in total scoring with six goals and an assist...