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...offensive in South Viet Nam raised an unsettling question: Had 50,000 American lives and $150 billion in U.S. aid been spent in vain? The government of Nguyen Van Thieu was proving much weaker than had been thought, and the fast fallback of his forces approached an all-out rout. Obviously, U.S. intelligence about Thieu and his powers had been grievously faulty. First, the former imperial capital of Hue fell to the Communists; then so did five more provinces, bringing the total under their control to 13 (out of 44). But the real shocker was the swiftness of the fall...
...junior right wing from Waterville, Me., pumped in three of his four goals in 3:22 in the second period to break open a tight 2-1 contest. Bolduc's timely hat trick turned the contest into a Crimson rout as Harvard took a 5-1 lead into the locker room after the second, and increased it to 8-1 halfway through the third...
...never more awesome than in that 3:22 span of the second period, when he tallied three goals to put away Clarkson single-handedly. Before the Golden Knights even realized what had hit them, the game had turned from a tight 2-1 affair to a 5-1 rout. By that time Clarkson would have been better off pleading sole contendere...
...final 58 minutes, however, were a B.U. rout and the final score read 6-3. Ricky Meaghar is the only doubtful starter for the Terriers as he suffered stitches over the eye in last Saturday's 11-2 killing of Northeastern (the game that knocked the hopeful Huskies out of the tournament...
Second-seeded Boston University, fresh from a 11-2 rout of Northeastern last Saturday, will meet number seven Brown while third-ranked Vermont will host sixth seed Providence. Fifth-rated New Hampshire will travel to Cornell...