Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another example: Twelvetrees is taking pictures of that little girl. Suddenly her father (Chapman) appears behind her. Confrontation between angry brother (the camera is his avenger) and lover-father arrived just in time to shield his little girl. We expect sparks. But Hunter bores into Chapman's belligerent face, the frozen glance breaks, cheeks and lips contort, shiver in embarrassment. The patient camera has cut into the soft ludicrous center of his tough resolve...
...breathe; it is their lifeline, their hope, their only chance of survival if they are attacked by the 30,000 or so North Vietnamese regulars who surround them. As part of one of the most massive aerial support and attack campaigns ever mounted, U.S. pilots struggled to sustain and shield Khe Sanh. Air Force and Marine transport pilots last week flew 79 supply sorties, delivering nearly 1,200 tons of food, water, medicine and ammunition to the besieged outpost. Fighter-bombers and giant B-52s flew some 2,000 sorties over enemy positions, plastering the jungle and hills around...
North House President; Senior Class Treasurer; Radcliffe Shield; Vice-President, Episcopal Youth Group; Harvard Gilbert and Sullivan; PBH Tutoring; Combined Charities Drive; Holmes Hall Head Senior Sister...
Never Much Doubt. While uncertain as to the ultimate military effect of the attack, many publications thought the U.S. and the South Vietnamese had suffered a severe loss of face. "The psychological damage," said the New York Times, "is tremendous. Exposure of the inability of the allied forces to shield the country's urban centers, long isolated from the fighting war, has certainly made the blow even heavier." Yet other papers, like the Washington Evening Star, questioned whether the enemy gained any psychological advantage. The Communists, to be sure, said the Star, have proved that they can "attack...
...something else: the eagle, shield and fouled anchors on Commander Bucher's hat appear to be all gold or brass color. Actually, the eagle and shield are always silver, while the fouled anchors are always gold or brass color...