Word: man-to-man
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...force scattered and took cover, a Communist battalion sliced through its middle, cutting the Americans into two isolated halves. "After that," said an officer later, "it was man-to-man, hand-to-hand fighting between two very well-disciplined and very determined outfits." Though artillery and air support were soon on the way, and reinforcements were rushed from Pleiku (where many were abruptly called out of a memorial service for their dead at Chu Pong), la Drang quickly succeeded Chu Pong as the costliest U.S. battle of the war in human lives...
...match for the acid jousts with Prime Minister Harold Wilson. On TV, he came across to the nation as a frail, pale shadow of the graceful, witty private Sir Alec. The latest National Opinion Poll had Labor back in front of the Tories 46% to 41%. On a man-to-man popularity basis, polls invariably showed Home trailing Wilson. One gave Wilson the nod in virtually every category, from "tough" (Wilson 62%, Home 29%), to "straightforward and plain speaking" (Wilson 75% , Home...
...even with Bradley. In the semifinals, he pumped in four quick baskets to give Princeton an early lead. Then Michigan started driving against him on offense, provoking him into fouls. Switching from a tight man-to-man defense to a loose zone, Princeton fell apart. With 5 minutes left, Bradley fouled out-and Michigan ran away with the game...
From then on, Princeton was unable to dent the Michigan lead. The Tigers had moved from a man-to-man into a zone defense, hopping like puppets to rattle the Michigan guards, but Russell and George Pomey merely found men open on the base line for easy baskets...
...four guys named "hey-you." Ed Hummer (6-6) and Robbie Brown (6-9) have developed into excellent centers; in the two Eastern regional games, they collected a total of 43 rebounds. Junior guard Don Rodenbach is a fine ball-handler and outside shooter. And the team's tight man-to-man defense has functioned very well; in Friday's Eastern semifinal, the Tigers held North Carolina State to a pitiful 16 points in the first half...