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...here might be pretty lonely. If they do make a major effort against us, we'll at least serve a useful purpose in diverting them. If I can survive the first blows, I'll be able to do a lot of hitting myself. Wars are won by remnants, and the Sixth Fleet is going to be a pretty sturdy remnant. All I have to do is survive the first 48 hours. And I'm going...
Fourth Day. When dawn broke over the tank battlefield of Abu Aweigila, the Israels discovered that in the darkness the Egyptians had pulled out what was left of their armor, to scurry to safety west of the Suez. A considerable remnant got away, but the Egyptians' one big punch had failed...
Leavitt and Peirce, last remnant of the "old Harvard," changed ownership this week for the third time in 72 years, but the traditions of the "gentleman's smoke shop" will continue almost unaltered...
...Basques are fiercely proud of being a distinct ethnic group, different in origin and language from all other Europeans. Some ethnologists consider them a remnant of the peoples who inhabited Western Europe in the Stone Age, long before the prehistoric Indo-European migrations from the east. In the complex Basque language-so difficult that, according to a Basque proverb, the devil himself failed to learn it in seven tries-stone is aitz, knife is aizto. Though basically a mountain folk, Basques make good seamen, like to point out that the pilot of Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria...
...British remnant sailed out of Port Said, Egypt's new, Soviet-made MIG jets screamed triumphantly over Cairo. They were warming up for Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser's big "Liberation Day" show scheduled for the moment when Egypt formally takes over the Zone this week. Arriving as Nasser's special guest at the festivities: Russia's new Foreign Minister Dmitry Shepilov...