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Word: mats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minh says that the Viet Cong will win the struggle in Viet Nam because "Americans don't like long, inconclusive wars." These statements indicate what we are up against in Southeast Asia. The formula for victory is patience, an organized population, and a preponderance of men and matériel. The United States can prove Chairman Map and Uncle Ho irrevocably wrong. But it will take more strength in the face of adversity than we are displaying now. A persistent, never-say-die American effort in Southeast Asia can turn that battle into one that the Communists can never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...Clay grimaced with rage. "Get up!" he screamed. "Get up, you yellow bum!" Under Maine rules, Timekeeper Francis McDonough could have delayed the count for the knockdown until Clay went to a neutral corner. But he didn't. He ticked off the seconds by pounding on the ring mat with a wooden mallet. When McDonough reached twelve, he quit. Liston was still on the floor, and Clay was still in the middle of the ring. Unable to pull Cassius away, Referee Jersey Joe Walcott, who seemed even more confused than the spectators, gave up and walked away. He never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: Theater of the Absurd | 6/4/1965 | See Source »

...will open his newspaper and see "Wrestling" scheduled to be televised over Channel 38. His mind swimming with visions of Haystack Calhoun and the Masked Manler, he will turn on his set and see Harvard's Howie Henjyoji, all 123 pounds of him, stalking to the center of the mat. The fan will switch off his set, muttering to himself "What kind of wrestling is that, anyhow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Meet Princeton Today | 2/20/1965 | See Source »

Several other factors appear to be on Columbia's side. The Lions will be on their home mat Saturday, always a definite advantage, and their confidence and championship ambitions have been reinforced by the three straight Ivy victories...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: Wrestlers Should Scare Rutgers | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

...replied somewhat testily that it should be given an overall mission and allowed to accomplish it in its own way. Last week, for the first time, it got its wish. The tactical objective of the strike near Ban Ban was confined solely to Laos. The bridge over the Nam Mat was instrumental in maintaining the flow of Red supplies to the Pathet Lao-the stretch of Route 7 that was hit is too distant to form part of the Ho Chi Minh trail to the south. But the demonstration of U.S. power would undoubtedly have its positive psychological effect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Quiet Escalation | 1/22/1965 | See Source »

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