Word: pound
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Though Air Force and Navy planes pound the enemy daily, and the 40,000-man Marine Corps contingent has fought with distinction, the war in South Viet Nam is fundamentally a battle for terrain, a foot-slogging soldier's war. To replace and augment the men in combat, the draft call-mostly for the Army-has reached 40,200 a month,* twelve times the level of August 1964. To train the ever-swelling flood of recruits, the Army is expanding half a dozen U.S. bases. To supply its fighting men, the Pentagon has stepped up its shopping for almost...
Yearby to a contract at $1,000 per pound...
When the Crimson thinclads trot out this Saturday, they'll be moving pretty fast, but you won't see any 300-pound shot-putters lumbering in behind them. This year's team has got the here, but it's still got to find a bear...
...Board's policy, Shapiro commented, could severly harm the more serious British payments deficit and weaken further the unstable pound by attracting a new flow of funds to America from the London market for short-term security investment...
Franquemont, after reaching the semifinals of the 152-pound competition, lost to Mike Redig of Oklahoma State 6 to 3. However, due to the tournament's complicated double-elimination system, he was still able to reach the finals by edging Bob Wendel of Mankato State, 3 to 2, during overtime of a combination match. Franquemont then faced Redig again, this time for the championship, and was beaten...