Word: utters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...then--utter disaster. Four of five games ended in a thoroughly illogical manner. Today, however, prospects look bright for a perfect record on a thoroughly uninspiring slate of Ivy games...
...most unpleasant aspects of my training as a marine was the "gas chamber," in which marines learn what to do if attacked with gas of the kind used by Colonel Utter in Viet Nam [Sept. 17]. I would sooner be gassed than lose an arm or my life. If by using tear gas we can spare lives, then I say "Congratulations, Colonel Utter...
...absurdity of such a concession to ill-informed public opinion was illustrated last week with the tale of Lieut. Colonel Leon Utter, 39, who was leading his Marine battalion in a search-and-clear operation on a steep hillside near the port of Qui Nhon, eastern terminus of vital Route 19 to the highlands, which was reopened in Operation Ramrod after months under Viet Cong control. Utter soon found the enemy: 20 fully armed Viet Cong troops who promptly took refuge in a nearby network of tunnels. It would have been easy enough for Utter and his men to wipe...
Once again world headlines blared the story and Hanoi yelled that the U.S. was using "toxic gas." Utter found his decision to try gas again under investigation, even though tear gas has remained regular issue for all Marine units. Unless Washington orders otherwise, Lieut. Colonel Utter is likely to fare kindly at the hands of U.S. brass in Saigon. Privately, most of them think that he did the right thing under the circumstances-and that a reluctance to use tear gas is an unnecessary and even inhumane restriction in doing what is one of the most unpleasant and difficult jobs...
...next two and a half hours, Zorba directs his master on a plunge to utter ruin. First, Zorba causes the mine to cave in. Next Zorba plays pimp and pushes Bates into a love affair with a local peasant woman. Her violent death at the hands of her fellow villagers soon ends the affair...