Word: mouthfuls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bunkers with fragmentation bombs, 750-lb. explosives and napalm canisters. The Communists were so securely shielded that they could be heard firing back even as the jets came in on them. When a group of troopers rushed a bunker and dropped eight grenades inside, a Communist appeared at its mouth moments later and tossed out two of his own grenades, killing two of the Americans and wounding three. At last the Americans managed to work their way down the hill to cut out a landing zone. The wounded were led down in a line and helilifted to hospitals; food, water...
...paper each day in Viet Nam and, endlessly, that war is hell. The verbiage may even be informative, but what tells the story-and more-is the anger and frustration on the faces of a team of medics as they try unsuccessfully to save a shrapnel-torn G.I. with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...
Having expressed his complaint, Hoffmann settled down in his chair, stuck the paper clip back in his mouth, and his voice returned to a somewhat nervous, reflective timbre. His behavior changed so because I had asked a more serious question, and as before, he was having trouble talking about himself...
...years. The N.L.F. intends to run the country along the lines of Arab socialism, but disavows any Communist leanings. It also plans a policy of "positive neutrality"-though its idea of neutrality sounds rather limited. Both the N.L.F. and FLOSY have promised to set up artillery positions commanding the mouth of the Red Sea. Once they are installed, the world's newest nation threatens to use its guns to try to close passage to Israeli shipping...
...tariffs-Churchill was a free trader-and bolted to the Liberal opposition. The following year, the Liberals were in power. They regarded their new convert with mixed feelings; no one knew whom Winnie would attack next-the Tories, his own Prime Minister or the King. "Winston thinks with his mouth," wrote Asquith testily...