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Like a battering ram pounding an already crumbling citadel, the Khmer Rouge insurgents last week aimed new blows against the tottering Khmer Republic. On all of Cambodia's battlefields, government troops were falling back or launching unsuccessful counterattacks. Since the rebel offensive began in January, 5,000 of President Lon Nol's troops have been killed and 15,000 wounded. Rebel casualties are estimated to be higher, and civilian losses are considerable...
...them through the dense fog near Monza. Suddenly, an Alfa Romeo passed D'Angerio's little Fiat, and tried to force it off the road. The inept driver had pulled in front too quickly, however, and Alfredo, who was driving the Fiat, had no choice but to ram the Alfa in the side...
...Lewis made the U.M.W. the battering ram of organized labor, the strongest union in the nation. But he ran the organization like a feudal fief, stripping the membership of all elective power, making all decisions himself and swatting down any opposition. He bought a bank for his union, loaned money to troubled coal companies, and acted as the final arbiter for the entire industry, labor and management alike...
...York's big delegation; four each added in New Jersey and California; mostly singles and doubles, if any, in other states. Yet the net result was a solid 43-member boost for the Democrats, providing a 291-to-144 advantage-big enough for majority leaders to ram through almost any legislation they desire but not so large as to become unruly...
Undaunted and rarely located by bigger defenders, Herron knifed through the Ram defense for 38 yds. on one punt return that set up a field goal and led the Patriots in rushing yardage from scrimmage with 62. The skittery running back, with legs like fireplugs and a gold stud festooning his left earlobe, leads his team in rushing yardage and touchdowns...