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...drift-billowed deserts. More than 2,000 Army, Navy and Air Force men, Civil Air Patrol flyers and Job Corps workers aided state road and rescue crews in missions varying from "candy drops" (for the 22,000 Indian boarding-school students stranded during the holidays) to "Operation Haylift" (pinpoint parachuting of fodder to the 584,600 or more horses, sheep and cattle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Deadly Windfall | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...enemy fire from Cambodia, hot pursuit was not only justified but "indeed a military necessity." The U.S. has launched a new diplomatic initiative to convince Prince Norodom Sihanouk and other "interested" nations, including Russia, of the North Vietnamese presence in Cambodia. It is privately circulating documents that pinpoint the evidence and calling for a strengthening of the International Control Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Rumblings on the Periphery | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...Yorkers got back in the game on Buzz Hill's pinpoint shot at 4:31 of the second period. The former Princeton defenseman carried down the left boards, fought off two checks, and picked up the exact lower right corner with his shot...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Hockey Team Crushes St. Nick's in Opener | 11/30/1967 | See Source »

Against Cornell, Brown fell behind 14-0 early in the first period. Then, for he first time this season, Coach Len Jardine's defense found itself, regrouped, and proceeded to shut out the Big Red and pinpoint-passer Bill Robertson for the rest...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Crimson Eleven Will Face Winless Bruin Team Today | 11/18/1967 | See Source »

...with a new engine in less than an hour. Its normal armament includes two 20-mm. machine guns, plus any combination of the 200 varieties of bombs and missiles in the Navy's air arsenal. In addition, it has an advanced computer system that delivers its projectiles with pinpoint accuracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: The Flying Volks | 11/17/1967 | See Source »

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