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...could not go on. At 1730, De Castries called GHQ for the last time: "After 20 hours of ceaseless combat, just now man-to-man, the enemy has infiltrated right through our central bastion. Munitions are short. Our resistance is about to be submerged. The Vietminh are only a few yards from the radio where I speak. I have given orders for maximum demolitions. The ammo depots are going up already. Au revoir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: The Fall of Dienbienphu | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

...halftime, Bradley's big Braves held a 43-42 lead, seemed on the trail of another upset. But during a dressing-room dressing-down, La Salle Coach Ken Loeffler gave Gola & Co. new tactics: switch from man-to-man defense to a zone defense. The switch worked wonders. Bradley, which had been sinking 37% of its shots, suddenly could not find the range. Meanwhile, Gola & Co. went on a scoring spree-30 points in ten minutes-and won by an easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Upsetters Upset | 3/29/1954 | See Source »

Over the season Leverett displayed a better man-to-man type game, which helped it take the close contests. On the strength of superior team play, should the Bunnies' representatives play together, they will rule a slight favorite over the wintergreens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rinehart and Wintergreen Quintets Meet in Inter-House All-Star Game | 3/8/1954 | See Source »

...Man-to-Man Passes. When the conference took up Germany, Britain's Eden announced the West's plan. Dulles backed it up, while Bidault, whose country has the most to fear from a resurgent Germany, made the most eloquent plea for the plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BERLIN: Team Play | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

Such neat man-to-man passing around the conference table was the result of intensive groundwork outside. For months a working-level group, on which the U.S. was represented by State Department Counselor Douglas MacArthur II (nephew of the general),- held consultations in Paris exploring the divergencies in each nation's policies, and mapped out the areas of fundamental agreement. In Berlin, the same group met daily last week, before each session, to coordinate tactics and policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BERLIN: Team Play | 2/8/1954 | See Source »

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