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Word: smokes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...happened to come in at a proper angle, and he caught a glimpse of something under the trees. He drew fire, so we all went to have a look." It was quite a look: the area was alive with Viet Cong. Hunt and his outfit marked the targets with smoke rockets and called in Vietnamese and American planes, which destroyed 21 Viet Cong trucks, five large ammunition dumps, 43 Communist-occupied houses, and an estimated 2,000 tons of rice-"enough to feed 25,000 guerrillas for a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: The Fighting American | 4/23/1965 | See Source »

...them popping up again." When he sees them, he summons fighter-bombers. As they approach, Mac guides them by radio: "I see six guys down there under those big trees to my left, wearing those crazy hats. I'll mark 'em for you." Firing smoke rockets, he does just that; then he scurries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: The Fighting American | 4/23/1965 | See Source »

...remained a power for Ludwig Erhard to reckon with because he heads the 50 delegates of the Christian Social Union, the C.D.U.'s affiliate in Bavaria. Nonetheless, as Strauss was re-elected C.S.U. leader in Munich last week amid the redolence of wurst, beer and cigar smoke, it was clear that Franz Josef was as imperial - and imperious - as ever, and a far less palatable Bavarian export than Löwenbr...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The Other Franz Josef | 4/23/1965 | See Source »

Furthermore Chinese students did not smoke or drink, as these were grounds for immediate expulsion without warning...

Author: By William W. Hodes, | Title: Chinese Link Learning and Labor As School Shapes Teenage Life | 4/20/1965 | See Source »

Worrying about Cambridge's frayed nerves, James W. Ingraham, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in the North Yard Area, offered some solutions: "The atmosphere has to be just right to get the smoke effect, and we might be able to move that signal light away from the vent. Or perhaps the FAA would let us put in a green...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William James Fools Fire Fans | 4/16/1965 | See Source »

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