Word: attack
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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PRESIDENT NIXON'S eleventh-hour attempt to stave off rejection of the Carswell nomination was an unusual effort to equate Senate opposition to the President's will with an attack on presidential powers and a threat to the system of checks and balances...
Last week's offensive was the largest enemy drive in the past eight months but, according to U.S. officers, it came as no surprise: recent intelligence pinpointed the onslaught almost to the minute. The most ferocious attack was against an artillery base near the Cambodian border, where a direct hit on an ammunition storage bunker killed more than 20 Americans-the highest single loss since May 1968. After a brief pause, the Communists at week's end renewed their attacks, mainly along the Demilitarized Zone and the Cambodian border. An eight-hour battle near Con Thien represented...
...week it became even more apparent that the new government would need all the support it could muster. Reports reached Phnom-Penh that Cambodian troops were battling large Communist forces in Snoul and in Svay Rieng province. In Svay Rieng, 200 to 300 Vietnamese Communists launched a brief night attack against the district headquarters town of Chi Phou, but were held off by Cambodian troops. At the same time, other Communist units attacked a small village near Chi Phou, and a third force burned down the community hall of the village of Bavet. According to the district chief, Communist troops...
...Penn's midfield is only slightly more impressive than its attack. There are three lines of almost equal talent, so the Quakers are not likely to tire quickly, but none of the lines is particularly good. Harvard's first two midfields are both clearly superior to any of Penn...
...Landolt, Harvard's crease attack-man, isn't overly concerned, though. "It's hard to get too psyched up for these games early in the season," Landolt explained...