Word: spoiler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Appointed by President Johnson in mid-1968 as Viet Nam commander, Abrams presided with considerable skill over the American withdrawal from the fighting. He de-emphasized the Westmoreland strategy of massive search-and-destroy missions, favoring more mobile "spoiler" patrols of four or five men sent out to ambush and disrupt the enemy. Abrams gave subordinate commanders unusually wide latitude. Always a strong believer in risking machines more than men, he smoothly replaced ground forces with planes as troop reductions proceeded...
Cleary's squad will be going after the Ivy crown tonight against an erratic Yale squad that is out of the race but looking forward to a spoiler role...
...looking to clinch its first Ivy championship. "Despite their power at the far end of the lineup, I think we have a chance to upset them," he said. And there is nothing that could bolster Harvard's hope for the future more than playing the role of the spoiler in Yale's title drive...
Refusing to coast after their breakaway opening period, the cagers continued to tough it out under the boards during the second quarter. Freshman Marsha Davenport played spoiler to Emerson's comeback hopes, repeatedly stealing the ball and converting the thefts into points...
Princeton, which gained new respect in the league last week for its determined effort against Harvard, will face the league-leading defense of Yale Saturday. Princeton ranks fifth in the league in both total offense and defense and can play the role of spoiler for Yale, which needs a victory to keep alive its hopes for a tie for the title...