Word: heavier
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...South Vietnamese had suffered a severe loss of face. "The psychological damage," said the New York Times, "is tremendous. Exposure of the inability of the allied forces to shield the country's urban centers, long isolated from the fighting war, has certainly made the blow even heavier." Yet other papers, like the Washington Evening Star, questioned whether the enemy gained any psychological advantage. The Communists, to be sure, said the Star, have proved that they can "attack and disrupt life in almost any city." But that was never very much in doubt, and it hardly represents a victory...
...Christmas gift for each of the men in South Viet Nam's 1st Regiment of the 1st Division, based just south of the Demilitarized Zone. It was the lightweight, fast-firing M-16 rifle, which packs far more punch than the older and heavier weapons that the ARVN (for Army of the Republic of Viet Nam) troopers had been carrying. The 1st Regiment soon had a chance to use them. During the Christmas truce, its scouts spotted a large North Vietnamese force moving into the Quang Tri coastal flats. As soon as the truce had ended, the ARVN moved...
Despite the heavier fighting that has marked most regions of South Viet Nam in recent weeks, the Delta remained notably quiet. Then last week the country's richest and most populous area suddenly erupted in two major battles, including one that turned into the Communists' biggest defeat of the war in the Delta. The battles were remarkable for two reasons. One was that the Delta is still the sole domain of indigenous Viet Cong forces, some 80,000 strong, who seldom choose to do battle in the large numbers and on the scale of their North Vietnamese allies...
...Heavier on the Trail. The fighting kept up its recent hot pace elsewhere in Viet Nam. In the Bong Son plain, bordering on the South China Sea, the 1st Cavalry (Airmobile) and South Vietnamese troops routed two battalions of North Vietnamese regulars, killing more than 250. U.S. Marines south of Danang killed 99 North Vietnamese in a day's battle. Not far away, an Air Cav reconnaissance helicopter team got in a shooting match on the ground and killed the regimental commander of the 3rd Regiment, 2nd Division of the North Vietnamese army. On him and his party were...
Harvard's junior goalie was brilliant all evening, registering 28 saves and with-standing heavier pressure than the Crimson mounted against McCann. The B.U. goalie stopped 25 Harvard shots...