Word: slips
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first publicized exploit of a new kind of force operating in South Viet Nam's Delta: the Prews, or Provisional Reconnaissance Units. Informally advised by U.S. Navy officers and made up largely of former Viet Cong who have defected, the Prews are primarily night raiders who slip into territory in which the Viet Cong feel secure, turning the enemy's hit-and-run tactics back on him. "We operate where the Viet Cong haven't been bothered before," explains McMahon. "They don't dare sleep in their houses any more. They sleep in the fields...
...flukey goal. Dartmouth got a 30-foot direct kick on the right side of the field, and the ball was booted straight at the nets. An unidentified Indian jumped high to head the ball, which Breese batted away, but then, Peter Linton saw Breese slip for a second and headed the rebound past him into the corner of the goal...
...Harvard freshman soccer team struck early with goals by Solomon Gomez and Peter Bogovich, then hung on to slip by Dartmouth 2-1, yesterday at home...
...game Stickman Gatterdam was running was a setup for suckers. Each set of dice was mis-spotted differently-the gull being to let the roller establish his point with straight dice, then slip in the mis-spotted pair that would make the point unattainable. Thus, by using "even splitters"-numbers 1, 3 and 5 on one die and 2, 4 and 6 on the other-Gatterdam made certain that points 4, 6, 8 and 10 could never be made. Crapping out became inevitable. Since Nevada law holds that a casino is responsible for its employees and is liable to lose...
...Bacon says, "It may sound immodest, but unless there's somebody in here willing to fight to keep the district clean, it could slip back (into corruption) in six months. Everything is still here--the money and the power to misuse...