Word: zone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minh's 324B Division, which the U.S. Marines had routed out of South Viet Nam in Oper ation Hastings in July. Back up to full strength, the division was once more on the move. Advance units had infiltrated back across the supposedly neutral de militarized zone, perhaps to secure a foothold from which Ho's invaders could launch a major offensive...
...eighth time in the war, Guam-based B-52s roared in to plaster the Demilitarized Zone above the 17th parallel, this time in support of a 1,500-man Marine sweep south of the DMZ. Storming ashore from amphibious landing craft and coming to earth in choppers, the Marines met no significant contact, by week's end had killed only 30 Reds-a sharp contrast to their operation in the DMZ last July when 824 Communists were cornered and killed...
...Tranquil Zone. The "overriding rule" of foreign policy, said the President, is that it "must always be an extension of our domestic policy," and for that reason he deeply mistrusted any international experts who do not know their U.S. politics. "The reason for this is very simple. Politics are the means by which men give collective voice to their hopes and aspirations." Were a visitor from Mars to be brought back to earth "from one of the more memorable space probes of the Johnson Administration," the President continued, he would find "a zone of political tranquillity" in the U.S.-"except...
...Panhandle, located immediately above the demilitarized zone that marks the border with South Viet Nam, is a long, narrow strip wedged between the mountains and the sea. Lined by roads, railroads and inland waterways, it is Ho's principal supply route to the Communist troops in the south. It is also the prime target of U.S. air raiders, whose goal is to stop the supplies...
...past 16 years. And four times the U.S. team went down even before the Challenge Round, including last year, when it lost fo Spain., No one is claiming the silverware this year-not quite yet, anyway. But the gloom is beginning to brighten. Last week, in the American Zone finals in Cleveland, the U.S. walloped a powerful Mexican squad 5-0, and the heroes were a pair of eager youngsters with little or no Davis Cup experience...