Word: foes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Brigadier General Song Ho's loyal troops quickly drove the rebels out of Sunchon, and chased them back into the rough, hilly country to the south. It was hard to tell friend from foe. Both loyal and rebel troops wore U.S. uniforms and carried U.S. weapons. Loyal troops finally put on white armbands. Said young Lieut. Colonel Kang Yung Noon: "What sadness that we had to fire our first bullets against our own brothers...
...Roman Catholics of Vancouver Archdiocese know their Archbishop William Duke as an unyielding foe of Sunday picnics, parish hall dances, demon rum and Marxism. They call him "The Iron Duke...
...Carnegie Lake, N. J., the University of California took high delight in dumping an old foe, favored Washington (TIME, July 5), in the Olympic crew tryouts. Then Coach Ky Ebright's Californians beat Harvard and Princeton in the U.S. Olympic finals. Next stop: the Thames River...
Across the ring squatted elderly (34), impassive Tony Zale, an old foe. They had put on two spine-tingling battles before. Each had knocked out the other once and this was the rubber match. At the bell, Zale advanced stealthily, pawed at Rocky's scowling face like a cat in a tentative mood. Then Zale's left hook exploded on Rocky's jaw. It was a stunner: Rocky's eyes widened and his knees wobbled. With the fight only 30 seconds old, the crowd surged to its feet...
Earl had some campaign promises to keep-$60 million in veterans' bonuses, $50-a-month pensions for the old folks. He also had some old scores to settle, principally with New Orleans' reform Mayor deLesseps ("Chep") Morrison, a longtime Long foe...