Word: skirmisher
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...given one of the Army's most coveted combat assignments: the command of the famed 1st Infantry Division. A shrewd and sure tactician, he improved the Big Red One's ability to fight at night and to pursue the enemy in running battles. Just such a running skirmish erupted last week when a Big Red One brigade met the Viet Cong near the town of Loc Ninh, 75 miles north of Saigon. Ware, who made it a practice to be with his troops in combat, rushed to the battle in his helicopter. As it flew across the battle...
Humphrey's apprehension over volatile Democratic loyalties on the eve of Chicago prompted him to provoke an ill-advised skirmish within the Ohio delegation last week. Humphrey operatives, irritated because Democratic Senatorial Can didate John J. Gilligan had not yet endorsed the Vice President, insisted upon a showdown caucus. Also, Humphrey wrote a letter to an A.F.L.-C.I.O. leader suggesting that Gilligan be pressured into making an endorsement. Immediately, union campaign contributions were withdrawn. In an angry caucus last week, Humphrey, who had counted on at least 100 of Ohio's 115 delegate votes, received only...
WHILE the big guns of Senator McCarthy's Wisconsin campaign were firing away at Administration policies, a smaller, but at times almost as nasty skirmish flourished between the Senator's staff and national reporters covering the campaign...
Alimony, says Miami Circuit Judge Thomas Lee Jr., "is like trying to take one blanket and stretch it over two beds." It is also one of the main legal skirmish lines in the battle of the sexes. "It's not fair to me or the two children," says Linda Sue Beasley, 24, an attractive Indianapolis, Ohio, divorcée who receives $30 a month. "Hell, I should know," says a Los Angeles stockbroker. "I've been through three divorces and didn't get one fair shake...
...mostly a sad tale of the young U.S. hockey team being trounced by the Czech and Swedish teams. U.S. Skater Peggy Fleming cut a fine figure on the ice, but about the only good thing the announcers could say about the U.S. hockey team came during a skirmish with a Czech player: one of the Americans got "a light left jab in there...