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...fifth man, came the closest to winning both of his matches, beating his Columbia opponent 4 and 3 and then being edged by the Pennsylvania man one up on the 19th hole. Campen, playing second man, had to hole a last minute 20-foot birdie putt in order to nip his Columbia opponent...
Rogers worked with that same commander for weeks without really gaining his confidence. Finally, Rogers recalls, "there was a Viet Cong sniper who seemed to nip away at us every evening after supper. I used to sneak down to a dike just behind him and try to catch him. Then I went to Saigon for a couple of days. When I got back, I noticed my counterpart grinning widely. That evening he told me that that V. C. wasn't going 'Bang! Bang!' any more. He had shot him during my absence. He showed me the brand...
...Castro's program to "export the revolution." Havana's General Directorate of Intelligence, which has already trained more than 5,000 Latin Americans in combat and propaganda techniques, has stepped up its activities. U.S. Under Secretary of State Thomas Mann says: "It's going to be nip and tuck with the Communists in Latin America for a while...
...Transition. Belaunde's message has a variety of implications up and down the forbidding, 4,000-mile chain of Andes. In some countries the call for reform and development comes through loud and clear. In others, the attitudes of centuries are hard to change. Everywhere, it will be nip and tuck to meet the suddenly rising expectations. As one hacienda owner says: "We have held our Indians in bondage and misery since the Conquest. Now our day is passing, their day is dawning. The transition could be a nightmare...
...sabre event proved decisive in the Princeton match. The Tigers managed to win, 5-4, but all of the five Harvard losses came by 5-4 scores. Crimson captain Jon Kolb, after dropping a nip-and-tuck opening match, bounced back to win his next two. Against Rutgers, the sabre fencers...