Word: regulars
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...another notch by demanding that "the aggressor be made to get out immediately." Meanwhile, there was a strong feeling in Hanoi that the Chinese were facing an awkward dilemma. They had occupied border areas of Viet Nam, but without having faced battle-hardened units of the country's regular army. A further advance south toward Hanoi meant risking a serious extension of supply lines and reprisal by the Soviet Union. On the other hand, a unilateral withdrawal would expose Peking's threat to "punish" the Vietnamese as the growl of a paper tiger...
...well have been taking place in outer space. Communiques from both sides grew increasingly Delphian, as if the combatants were joined in a conspiracy of silence. Despite the official statements-which invariably included grossly exaggerated accounts of dead and wounded-Western analysts believed that up to 150,000 Chinese regular soldiers, arrayed across all of Viet Nam's six northernmost provinces, had captured or laid siege to eleven districts and at least 20 towns. The Chinese claimed to have destroyed six missile sites and a number of communications centers. The estimated 70,000 Vietnamese troops committed thus far, still...
Dartmouth displayed determination and intensity throughout the contest while the Terriers struggled to get on track. B.U., which suffered a 2-3-1 record in its last six games of the regular season and beat Vermont in the final seconds of the quarter final seconds of the quarter finals, entered the ECAC tourney playing its worst hockey of the season. Dartmouth has been on the upswing, winning its last six games--including tonight's victory...
Chinamano charged the Salisbury government (the four-man executive council consisting of Smith, Bishop Abel Muzorewa, Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole and Chief Jeremiah Chirau) with using private armies in addition to the regular army to brutalize the Zimbabwe people...
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