Word: seesaws
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Deeper inside Laos, at an outpost known as Hill 31, an ARVN airborne battalion was locked in a ferocious seesaw struggle with a Communist force of up to 2,000 men, backed by Soviet-made PT-76 light tanks. As the fighting raged, the smoking hulks of broken Communist tanks and shattered U.S. helicopters littered the battlefield; B-52 strikes thundered so close, said a downed chopper crewman, that the dust "made our eyes water." Though the outcome of the battle remained in doubt at week's end, the Lam Son toll was already substantial: in three weeks...
...finals last night the Crimson's Ed Nosal took a disappointing third in the 35-pound weight with a throw of 60 feet even. Tom Sirois of Northeastern won the event with a toss of 62' 81/2" to continue the seesaw battle between the two Boston-area athletes...
...present, Indochina's three main combat areas are in mixed condition: LAOS. As the struggle over the Ho Chi Minh Trail heated up, so did the "forgotten war" in Laos, where some 65,000 Royal Lao troops and Meo tribesmen have fought a seesaw seasonal struggle for almost a quarter of a century. Traditionally, the non-Communist forces have gained ground during the monsoons, when the Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese regulars in Laos are unable to move supplies. With the arrival of the current dry season, it was the Communists' turn to advance, as usual. The 80,000 Communist...
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...somebody, even though he's corrupt. The important thing is to be brought up by somebody. Before we worry about who it is, let it, please God, be somebody. It is very important for a child that there be a person on the other end of the seesaw, and that each reckons with the other. There's a great phrase by the Soviet educator, Anton Makarenko, about bringing up children: "The maximum possible demands, with the maximum possible respect...