Word: zoning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...combat-free Camelot with mangoes. The Communists, secure in their sanctuaries near the South Vietnamese border, were happy to limit themselves to resting and resupplying there. The allies, fearful of violating its avowed neutrality, kept out almost entirely. But Indochina's Camelot has now become a free-fire zone, and almost everyone with a stake in the outcome of the war seems to be sending troops or advisers into Cambodia...
...Communists struck an even more serious blow at an isolated ARVN artillery base named Tun Tavern, on a mountain ridge 21 miles south of the demilitarized zone. North Vietnamese regulars, who apparently entered through Laos, overran the outpost, killing 50 and wounding 119. The South Vietnamese, with the help of U.S. advisers, recaptured the base, but the attack underscored the blunt admission of a U.S. officer: "I Corps and II Corps are our problem areas now." In I Corps, the number of small-unit contacts in recent weeks has averaged more than the total in all the other military regions...
...through another fall with what he had. Then came the first glimpse of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. The score was 8-8 in the final quarter of the Dartmouth game when the In-dians, who went on to win the title, passed from their end zone instead of punting...
Frank Champi was throwing the ball, scrambling like a madman. Somehow, Gatto finally caught a touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone as time ran out. Champi had to do it again, and he did, as Varney grabbed the pass and it was done. One of the most incredible games of all time and, almost incidentally, a third Ivy championship...
Alive and Strong. Baseball men like to say that pitching is the name of the game. But now that the pitcher's mound has been lowered and the strike zone reduced, the name seems to be slugging. One day last month, National League hitters slammed a record total of 26 home runs; two days later the musclemen in both leagues hit a record 46 homers. And along with the rain of homers there has been a positive cloudburst of singles, doubles and triples. In the first six weeks of the season, A.L. batters hit at a .253 clip...