Word: rout
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Easy Rout- and an Olive Branch...
...rout began early last week when M.P.L.A. units overran Huambo (pop. 65,000), Angola's second largest city and the provisional capital of the F.N.L.A.-UNITA government. Despite UNITA claims that it had mounted a tough fight, Savimbi's forces had actually evacuated the city several hours before the M.P.L.A. entered it, possibly to avoid civilian casualties in an armed confrontation. A day later, Luanda radio announced the "glorious capture" of the key Atlantic ports of Lobito and Benguela, which with the capture of the east central Angolan town of Luso late in the week gave the M.P.L.A...
...rout of UNITA raised the ominous prospect of a border war between the combined M.P.L.A.-Cuban forces and the South Africans, who have now withdrawn to a 1,000-mile-long strip stretching up to 35 miles deep inside Angola. British Foreign Secretary James Callaghan warned late last week that the world faces the prospect of a "terrible war in southern Africa" unless urgent action is taken to prevent it. The most acute danger, he indicated, would be "hot pursuit" by the Cubans into South West Africa, following a successful firefight with the South African troops in the border area...
...Crimson relied instead on just the requisite number of breaks, enough to make the game a rout anyway, most of which somehow involved a remade second line of George Hughes, Kevin Burke (returning from the injured ranks), and Tim McKenna (replacing Paul Haley, who is still a member of those ranks...
...notch higher, Ned Bacon also won without too much trouble (15-1, 15-5, 15-10), while Peter Havens, in the fourth slot, didn't even remove his sweat pants in a 15-3, 15-4, 15-10 rout...