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...committee avoided any criticism of the overall thrust of the program. Instead, it zeroed in on the transposition of quotations and out-of-context quotes from a Pentagon official, and a colonel who is now suing CBS for $6 million...
Traction for Trucks. This assures the Communists of access to the Mekong and, most important, provides security for the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Although ARVN (Army of the Republic of Viet Nam) troops, with U.S. air support, inflicted considerable damage during the Lam Son 719 thrust into Laos and made parts of the trail unusable, the Communists reacted by simply moving the key supply network westward and widening it in the bargain. Thus, in recent weeks, Communist activity along the trail has been running at twice the normal rate. U.S. aerial reconnaissance has revealed piles of bamboo and mounds...
Nickens had been thrust into the line-up as a sophomore to take Ray Peter's place, and for two years he failed to attract much attention. His trouble has been that he goes for the corners of the plate, wastes a lot of pitches if he gets ahead on a batter, and walks himself into trouble. But this spring' Nickens asse?ed himself in the GBL for a 7-1 record. And an All Star berth...
...desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good. It picks up hot air and dust as it sweeps across Africa and the Sinai Peninsula, bringing a variety of afflictions in its northerly thrust. The moistureless air causes feet to swell painfully, noses and eyes to itch and asthmatics to gasp for breath. The khamsin can also madden men. Automobile accidents are far more frequent when it is blowing, crime rates increase by as much as 20% and tempers rise with the mercury. Judges in some Arab countries...
Even in the last grim days, Bruce retained a legion of loyal admirers; they bought his records and his autobiography, and won new converts to the cult. Among the faithful there were some who admired not only the thrust of his satire but the drama implicit in his life. Critic Albert Goldman delivered a healthily skeptical Brucian epitaph...