Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Green firmly established themselves in their familiar role of team-to-beat with an awesome 24-8 win over Holy Cross. The game was billed as a toss-up, but the Indians left nothing to chance, building a 24-0 lead before letting the Crusaders onto the scoreboard in the final quarter...
Dartmouth's defense limited the Cross to 75 yards in the first half; weak-passing quarterback Gene Ryzewicz completed 9 of 13 throws in the same span; and sophomore Bob Mlakar emerged as more than just a name with a 50-yard scoring scamper. The only Green weakness was punting: five kicks averaged a feeble 17 yards...
...fighting in Canton's streets, but the struggle continues in the city's outskirts. Gunfire can be heard constantly; occasionally it is punctuated by the sound of artillery. I also heard several loud explosions that sounded like plastic bomb blasts. Army troops, in their drab, formless, olive-green uniforms with red collars and red stars on their caps, are everywhere. Every hour or so, trucks come tearing down the streets, klaxons blaring, full of soldiers with weapons ready to deal with some disturbance...
...defeats on "the treacherous acts of Gowon's collaborators" within his own army, Ojukwu executed four of his top officers. By then, 3,000 federal troops were roaring across Biafra; in a few days they had reached the outskirts of Enugu and begun shelling it from the high green hills overlooking the capital. "Fathers and mothers," Gowon asked the Eastern Ibos, "rise up and save your loved ones and homes. Lay down your arms, not your lives. The war is against Ojukwu, not against the Ibos...
...occasional ensemble roughness. Its repertory is impressively varied, including several company-created works by Joffrey and Gerald Arpino that cover the field from delicate, classic grace (Viva Vivaldi, Pas des Déesses) to revivals of such historic works as Kurt Jooss's famous old antiwar shocker The Green Table...