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November 1970: On orders of President Nixon, about 100 crack commandos choppered to the Son Tay prison camp near Hanoi to free 70 American prisoners of war thought to be held there. But all the raiders managed to do was dumbfound half a dozen North Vietnamese guards. The prisoners had been moved elsewhere weeks earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Five Attempts | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

...correct answer is C, a fact that is sure to dumbfound anyone who visited the museum-like Château de Thoiry prior to 1967-or before the historic building became the center of what must be the most unusual animal farm in the Western world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Chateau Menagerie | 7/20/1970 | See Source »

Crane Years: 1858: Charles R. was born the son of self-made Richard Teller Crane, famed college-man-hater who used to dumbfound Chicago socialites by growling, "Don't mind me, I'm only a plumber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Harvard's Bells, Asia's Crane | 3/9/1931 | See Source »

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