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Gonzalez, strengthened by the change in footwear, won the third game, 15-9, and held on to win the match in the fourth game with a hard-fought 15-14 victory...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Racquetmen Swamp Middies, 9-0, For Ninth Straight Win of Season | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

...opening game, an emotion-filled clash with Dalhousie, Gallagher controlled the backboards and guard Micky Orlander threw in a career-high 25 points for a hard-fought 83-75 decision...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: 'Rabbit' Gallagher Paces Five To Bluenose Tournament Title | 1/8/1968 | See Source »

...production is a good one, and sometimes, thanks largely to Tigar, excellent. Shaw can be very dull and wordy, but Lardner & Co. have made the battle of ideas both hard-fought and entertaining...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: The Apple Cart | 10/28/1967 | See Source »

...them a bloody defeat, there has been little doubt that American power would eventually tell. Fittingly, in a White House ceremony last week, Johnson awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for valor to Lieut. General Harry Kinnard in behalf of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) which he commanded in that hard-fought action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: On the Horizon | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

...Alabama; in 16 sorties into Indian country he has not lost anyone on his five-man team, none of whom is a Negro. The cool professionalism of Glide Brown's patrol underscores in microcosm a major lesson of Viet Nam-a hopeful and creative development in a dirty, hard-fought war. For the first time in the nation's military history, its Negro fighting men are fully integrated in combat, fruitfully employed in positions of leadership, and fiercely proud of their performance. In the unpredictable search-and-destroy missions through the Central Highlands, in the savage set-piece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Democracy in the Foxhole | 5/26/1967 | See Source »

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