Word: regular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Less publicized was the Kfar Kassen massacre in 1956, which was carried out by regular army troops. The commander of a battalion along the Israeli-Jordanian border ordered the commander of a Frontier Guard unit to impose a strict curfew from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. on several villages. Anyone leaving his home or trying to enter the village during that time was to be shot. The curfew was announced at 4:30, leaving little time to warn the populace. In particular, many villagers worked outside the village, and there was no way to inform them of the new security...
...dentist, he grew up hungering for more action and fame than his home town of Robinson, Ill., could possibly offer. So right out of high school, in 1939, a feisty welterweight by then, he signed up with the regular Army. As promised, adventure and travel were his -Honolulu, Schofield Barracks, amateur boxing, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Purple Heart, Bronze Star. But advancement seemed beyond James Jones -twice he made noncom and got busted back to private. After five boisterous years and a war, he returned to civilian life. But he packed the Army with him and marched its brawling, grumbling, whoring...
...next spring, the Blue Jays played in the final against an undefeated Maryland team that had handed them a 17-4 thrashing in the regular season and was being called the greatest squad in history. Hopkins stunned the Terps by forcing the contest into overtime but finally bowed out anyway...
Cornell handed Hopkins its only loss of the regular season, 12-11 in Ithaca...
...loss was Radcliffe's first regular season defeat in four and a half years, and only their second in history. In the interim, they have lost only two Sprint titles...