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...bombing explains the rest. Under orders to keep civilian casualties to a minimum, U.S. bombers zoom in close to the deck for greater precision, thus become vulnerable not only to a dense cloud of flak but also to small-arms fire. Such ground fire takes an even heavier toll than do the surface-to-air missiles that bristle around major targets. "Every farmer over there, I bet, has a pistol or a rifle," says Air Force Major Edward E. Williams, a veteran of the bombing war against North Viet Nam. In dogfights with Red MIGS, though...
...through canals that cut across the fields every few hundred yards, and finally rushing into the village to overrun the enemy's positions. Vietnamese troops, who seldom weigh much more than 100 Ibs., move with considerable ease through the mud and can keep going from sunup to dark. Heavier Americans find themselves sinking deep into the slime, and U.S. advisers usually go on several short missions before they can take a full day's punishment in the paddies...
...more than 130 roles, from the giddy 13-year-old Natasha in War and Peace, to the 61-year-old lioness in The Lion in Winter, to the steely title role in Giraudoux's Judith. Her voice is all champagne in the comedies, darkens to cognac in the heavier roles. She is a body actress, ruling the stage with grace and power and actually seeming to lean into her lines...
...sure, Bao Dai is not typical. A large percentage of the Vietnamese came to France in 1940 to work on farms or in factories. Some 5,000 are students (64 from North Viet Nam). In general, the expatriates are taller, heavier and have better teeth than their countrymen back home. Part of what a Catholic priest has described as "an unprecedented brain drain from an underdeveloped country" is an estimated 1,200 lawyers, 600 doctors (more than in all Viet Nam) and 300 engineers. High-ranking exiles include Three-Star General Nguyen Van Hinh, the army chief of staff...
...conditions upon which the girls based their request -- the first two weeks of the term -- are not representative of the rest of the year, when book demands are much heavier, Alevizos said...