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...wide swath through Binh Long, "liberating" several hamlets and overrunning the 5th Division logistics base at Loc Ninh. Backed by their Soviet-made artillery and tanks, several thousand regulars of the North Vietnamese 5th and 9th Divisions then surrounded An Loc and its 12,000 defenders, who included a ranger battalion and remnants of two battered 5th Division regiments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Escalation in the Air, Ordeal on the Ground | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

Last year Harvard split a double header by beating Texas Ranger Pete Brobert, 1-0, and the year before it had to face Detroit Tiger Chuck Seeback, but Dartmouth has not run out of strong pitchers...

Author: By Eric Pope, | Title: Batmen Nip Engineers, 5-3; Host Indians For Twinbill | 4/22/1972 | See Source »

...Rangers, under the direction of coach Emile "the Cat" Francis, have come a long way from the days when Harry Howell and Larry Cahan used to inadvertently poke the puck by the beleaguered Ranger goalie, Gump Worsley...

Author: By Rob Eggert, | Title: Bruins Look for Stanley Cup; Boston Press Predicts Victory | 3/18/1972 | See Source »

Classic Defense. Militarily, Saigon has been drawing its forces into a classic defense: main-force units and ranger battalions on the border, less reliable auxiliaries around the cities and towns. More than 10,000 South Vietnamese troops last week began scouring the border areas northwest of Saigon for signs of three North Vietnamese divisions known to be poised just inside Cambodia. Meanwhile, the air war continues. B-52 bombers have been striking Communist concentrations in the Highlands. Over North Viet Nam, a U.S. F-4 Phantom jet accounted for the first "kill" of an enemy MIG-21 in 22 months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Waiting for Another Tet | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

...boxing lessons in order to intimidate his rivals, likes the change because "it leaves the fighting to the guys who can and will fight. It takes out the instigators, the guys who start fights simply because they know that their teammates will be around to help out." Says Ranger Coach Emile Francis: "I don't believe in guys coming off the bench. But I'll be honest with you. If I see a couple of guys going two-to-one on my man, I'm going to send someone in to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Third Man Out | 1/24/1972 | See Source »

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