Word: attack
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Arthur Siegal of the Traveler: "I'm afraid I can't pick this one. Neither team is exceptional, but the New Haven aggregation is experienced while Harvard has been improving steadily. Yale will have a formidable passing attack on a dry day, but give me Harvard in case of rain. The boys in Blue will have to pierce a strong defense and stop Spreyer...
Webb Morse of the Christian Science Monitor: "I favor the Cantabs by a 13 point margin. The Crimson defense is good enough to break up the Yale attack. With good weather, Spreyer should spark Harvard to victory...
Roosevelt described an engagement between Japanese warships and coastal fortifications in which the usually favored land batteries were ineffective. This incident, together with the known power of their navy, convinced him that any attempt of the United States to block a Japanese attack on the Dutch East Indies would be futile...
...important to the future welfare of China, this trade artery is impervious to attack from the air because of its clever construction and a ready supply of labor for repair work. Chinese engineers have built the many bridges so that only six hours are needed before shipments may pass after a bombing...
...advance to the south, Japanese troops have taken part of the railroad which runs up into southern China. The land through which this line passes is one of the wildest regions in the world, and no Japanese flank attack upon China's defensive could possibly succeed...