Word: sparta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that Viet Nam has come off much better. Hanoi's expansion into Laos and its invasion of Cambodia did much to demolish Viet Nam's widespread image in the Third World as a brave anticolonial underdog and show it up more as an Oriental 20th century Sparta intent on becoming gendarme and ruler of all it can grasp. One mystery: How do the Vietnamese maintain that martial impulse after more than 30 years of constant warfare? Part of the answer derives from who has the upper hand in the collective leadership that succeeded Ho Chi Minh. The eleven-man Politburo...
...American League Eastern Division race ended the only way it should have ended yesterday, with "baseball's Athens and Sparta" meeting at the Pass at Fenway to stage the ultimate epic and write a decisive final chapter to a title and a season that were undecided throughout...
...Self Indulgent. Hop the next plane to Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, or Milwaukee. Tell everyone you're from Boston, and they'll sit there wondering what a playoff and excitement on a baseball diamond in autumn are like. Tell them you were there and felt the vibrations of Athens and Sparta and your team almost won. They won't feel sorry for you. They shouldn...
...Sparta...
...ancient Sparta participate in the war against Troy...