Word: stronghold
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What with the war in Viet Nam and the mellowing of the Russians, nobody has been talking much of late about massive attacks on the U.S. itself. But the military, helped by its scientific colleagues, has not been negligent. The mountain stronghold will become the nerve center for a joint U.S.-Canadian defensive force that has the responsibility of detecting any bomber or missile attack on the North American continent and directing the defense...
...horrors began early in June 1756, when the Nawab of Bengal, taking umbrage at the swaggering economic imperialism of the British, marched on Fort William, the East India Company's stronghold in the brawling boom town of Calcutta. There were 50,000 regulars in the Nawab's army, and in the fort only 515 Europeans able to bear arms -such arms as were available. Thanks to Governor Roger Drake, a 34-year-old ineffectual, fifty cannon were rusted useless, and almost all the powder was too damp to burn...
Defense is the Boston stronghold, even with the loss of their star Tom Ross, who broke his jaw in a game over the holidays. Brian Gilmore and Pete McLaughlin will try to keep Ross's injury from being a big factor. These two defensemen have helped B.U. to the astounding record of 76 goals scored and only 28 goals allowed...
...Hong Kong. In Saigon, dauntless Dwight flashed a letter from the Providence Journal promising to consider publishing any dispatches he might send home-and was accredited as a full-fledged war correspondent. His first taste of enemy fire came during a Skyraider napalm attack on a Viet Cong stronghold in Zone...
...giant ambush of allied design. The prey: some 3,700 veteran Viet Cong troops who have been roaming at will up and down the province of Quang Tin between the coastal Marine enclaves at Danang and Chu Lai. The province, for more than a year a hardcore Communist stronghold beyond the reach of government troops, is a paddy-checkered producer of rice used to feed enemy troops. It is harvest time. And Viet Cong control of the region has made Route One-the natural north-south highway between Danang and Chu Lai-too hazardous for allied...