Word: van
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Bradley is certainly more than a figment of a good press agent. He connected on 11 of 22 shots; his passing and ball-handling were fantastic. In fact, they're probably too good--Tiger Coach Bill van Breda Kolff must wish that Bradley would shoot more and feed off less to his lacklustre teammates...
Through the moonlit streets of Saigon at 1 a.m. Thursday, armored cars, a dozen M24 light tanks, and truckloads of troops in battle gear moved cautiously into position. Paratroopers and marines quietly surrounded the houses occupied by South Viet Nam's Chief of State, General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, and four other top members of his ruling junta. With no opposition from the police guards on duty at each house, squads of soldiers efficiently swooped on the sleeping generals, knocked politely on their doors, and swiftly carried them off without firing a shot in anger...
...Dinh Diem and his brother, Big Minh's regime was itself overturned in a bloodless coup that was so well planned and unexpected that most Saigon citizens first heard of it from a government broadcast 16 hours later. Arrested with Minh were Commander in Chief General Tran Van Don; General Le Van Kim, chief of the joint general staff; Interior Minister General Ton That Dinh; and National Police Chief General Mai Huu Xuan...
...brilliant 31 -year-old pianist killed in an air crash in 1953 while returning home from Australia. At the trial in 1961, Belli bolstered his argument with a lustrous array of musical talent to testify to Kapell's genius and high earning power - Rudolf Serkin, Artur Rubinstein, Van Cliburn, Jascha Heifetz, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski. But before the jury could award a penny, it had to decide on liability, and on that question the musicians were no help at all. The jury found no negligence, never even considered an award...
...van loaded with nearly five tons of books, clothing and food for dispossessed Mississippi sharecroppers will leave Cambridge for Ruleville, Miss., tonight...