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Word: subs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Troops were flabby, commanders aging and equipment faulty. In the sub-zero temperatures, automatic rifles jammed, canteens burst, blood plasma froze ! solid. The enemy attacked in overwhelming numbers, blowing horns and letting out blood-curdling whoops. Such was the situation faced by U.S. infantrymen in the early days of the Korean War. No wonder Military Historian Clay Blair, in this meticulously documented account, describes their initial performance as miserable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Black Marks THE FORGOTTEN WAR by | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

However, I did not discover this battlezone immediately. If I had, I might have been able to transfer in time to avert the tragedy that has befallen me, that keeps me up at night bathed in a schizophrenic sweat, that has released my primordial, sub-human instincts and makes each day a living nightmare. Now, it's simply too late...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Brain Strains and Automobiles | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

...mediocre team the Crimson took care of, 3-1, in Ithaca, N.Y., in the beginning of December? The once sub-.500 Big Red is now 10-4, and has won six straight games...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Race Begins | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

Yale's resurrection is even more remarkable. In the early season, the Elis--once a league powerhouse--jammed a blue flag in the league basement and declared it theirs. Yale seemed to have solidified its hold on sub-mediocrity by crumbling against Harvard here three weeks...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: The Race Begins | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

...this hoped-for capability, many top defense experts wonder if the Seawolf truly is the right sub at the right cost at the right time. In the past, the Navy has relied on vastly superior technology to nullify the Soviets' 3-to-1 numerical advantage in submarines. But rather suddenly, the U.S. lead in submarine technology has seriously eroded. Says Admiral Carlisle Trost, Chief of Naval Operations: "The Soviets are where we thought they'd be in the mid-1990s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murky Waters for the Supersub | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

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