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...relay teams have been the strongpoint of the 'Cliffe swimmers all season long and all three teams qualified for the Easterns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Swimmers Finish Sixth in Eastern Meet | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

...option" to drive to a key junction ten miles to the southeast. There they were to have sliced up Route 914, an important and still intact trail route; disrupted Base Area 611, a key enemy supply depot; and swept home via the A Shau Valley, a longtime Communist strongpoint. What happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDOCHINA: The Invasion Ends | 4/5/1971 | See Source »

...Saturday, Harvard delivered Navy a major psychological setback in the first event, the medley relay. This relay has been a Navy strongpoint in recent years, but backstroker Dan Kobick tied his pool record (54.5) on the first leg to give Harvard a lead it never relinquished...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Swimmers Crush Hapless Navy, 77-36, For First Triumph in Eastern League | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...first line, newly-formed and including Tom Paul, George McManama. and Ron Mark, picked up the other three scores. It was an impressive display of the scoring power, and more important, the balance that was expected to be Harvard's strongpoint this winter...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Icemen Dump Green, 6-1; DeMichele Tallies Three | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...support could be withdrawn for a long time thereafter. U.S. military men also pointed out that the South Vietnamese army (ARVN) has not yet proved itself in heavy combat. Last week, when North Vietnamese regulars inflicted heavy losses on ARVN units in a battle near Due Lap, a fortified strongpoint 131 miles northeast of Saigon, U.S. authorities hustled American correspondents, including TIME's Burton Pines, away from the scene. Conceded one American commander: "They are fighting hard, but not with exceptional skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A SIGH OF RELIEF IN SAIGON | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

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