Word: tunnels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weapon in flushing the enemy from his tunnel cities has been non-toxic CN tear gas-the use of which has brought screams of protest from critics in the U.S. Military men argue that gas is the only way of safely separating noncombatant Vietnamese hiding underground from Viet Cong. Often the gas is pumped into the tunnel complexes by means of long hoses attached to gasoline-driven pumps, but gas grenades are usually used. Last week U.S. troops in Tay Ninh were hit by Communist gas grenades. With that, the argument against U.S. use of nontoxic gas went...
Thirty television consoles in addition to the present two will be installed along with the new computer. These consoles, he said, could theoretically be placed anywhere in the University that is connected by a Harvard steam tunnel...
...Banos, choppering to Corregidor for a look at the enormous Malinta Tunnel where Douglas MacArthur holed up during the Japanese siege in 1942. Then, while Lady Bird set out for Manila in one helicopter, Lyndon boarded another for a secret trip that was to become the high point of his tour...
Even with efficient rapid-transit systems, many cities in the future may find themselves forced to use fees to ration scarce downtown space for both trucks and private cars. New York, for example, is already considering raising tolls for incoming bridge and tunnel traffic during rush hours. With the new emphasis on national beautification-and the successful citizen protests against ugly bridge and freeway plans in San Francisco and elsewhere-highway engineers also need to learn that transportation systems, as Under Secretary Boyd puts it, "must give a predominant emphasis to esthetics." If the U.S. is to head...
...circulated about a certain Garden of Eden Cave in Schoharie County, N.Y. -- a cave which is supposed to be three miles long and filled with formations--but only a handful of people know where it is, and they won't talk. The attempts to keep a new cave or tunnel's location secret sometimes go to ridiculous lengths...