Word: main
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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High-ranking U.S. officers in Saigon point out that main-force enemy units have been driven away from population centers. No major city in South Viet Nam has undergone an important attack this year. The strongest enemy divisions are now clustered along the Laotian and Cambodian borders. Local guerrillas and sappers still manage daily forays inland, but American officials argue that at the moment the enemy capacity for full-scale offensives appears drastically reduced...
DISCIPLINE: With the arrival of feminine skirts on campus, the male seminarians' soutanes quickly vanished. In their place are typically collegiate "civvies": khaki pants, sweaters, windbreakers and sports jackets. Students may visit Rome's shops and restaurants. In the Greg's main building, a new snack bar serves beer as well as coffee between classes...
...battle for pipeline-safety legislation, Nader secured important technical data from an engineer who was fighting the installation of a gas main near his home. He first learned of the damage that pipeline explosions could cause from a professor whom he met at an M.I.T. conference. "Sometimes the things these professors casually drop at conferences send me up the wall," says Nader...
...Juniors Chris Ferner and Jim Platz. who established themselves as jumpers last winter are the two main reasons for optimism about this year's nordic squad. McCollom thinks that they will win some important contests...
After Monday's meeting, OBU spokesmen expressed optimism about reaching agreement on the painters helper issue. They said however that construction workers had not been discussed, and that the main point of contention was the 20 per cent demand...