Word: skirmisher
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...Since our heroic attempt to rescue P.O.W.s outside of Hanoi. I have been puzzled concerning the Government's efforts to publicize the failure. It seems to me that the raid was meant to collapse. If North Vietnamese were present at the detention center, any skirmish would have resulted in a deliberate killing of our men. One can suspect that the raid was a desperate political gamble (a sign of diplomatic decay) to rescue a favorable climate for the Administration...
...constant rain and large puddles on the turf turned the "A" match against the B-School into an uncoordinated shoving match. With the college leading 3-0 in the first half, a minor skirmish resulted in the ejection of one player from each team...
...Cambridge City Council early this morning imposed a 9:30 p. m. 8 a. m. curfew on the Cambridge Common following Saturday night's police-youth skirmish in the Square...
...ended with a swift and resounding victory, their morale soared. But last week, on the third anniversary of the war, their mood was souring into one of gloom and uncertainty, and they were beginning to wonder whether they had really won a war, or merely the opening skirmish of a war. Frontier terrorism, constant clashes on the Suez Canal and anxiety about Soviet intentions have created a profound political and psychological malaise...
...deepest South Vietnamese air and armor thrusts into the Parrot's Beak and beyond, Tri has waded farther than ever into the shooting. A newsman who joined him on one recent foray was astonished when Tri ordered his helicopter to land virtually in the midst of a skirmish, then ignored vicious Communist rocket and machine-gun fire to walk to a tank and order the reluctant driver to attack. "Go fast, man!" Tri shouted. "Go fast...