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...legal weapons under the Hague Convention of 1907, an early major agreement on the rules of sea warfare. Even so, if they are unanchored, they must self-deactivate within one hour after control over them has been lost; similarly all anchored mines must be equipped to deactivate if they slip their moorings. The obviously sensible purpose is to prevent armed mines from drifting into international shipping lanes. The Hague Convention also prohibits the mining of "the coasts and ports of the enemy with the sole object of intercepting commercial navigation." But since mining to block warships is held to justify...
...Wave, A Crab, A Slip...
...jumped his slide and lost control of his oar, an accident that cost his crew the race. Two weeks ago, Brown was passing Northeastern during the final 500 meters when a wave from a passing launch shook the Bruin shell, causing a partial crab that allowed Northeastern to slip away to a half length victory...
...South Vietnamese fighter-bombers cleared an area in preparation for a South Vietnamese advance that never came. That left the choice to the North Vietnamese. As long as Minh refused to move, they could leave a small force behind to keep the An Loc relief column pinned down and slip southwest for an attack on the provincial capital of Tay Ninh-to which elements of the ARVN 25th Division reportedly repaired last week in a "tactical retreat" from their position four miles away, even though they had not been attacked. U.S. intelligence estimated that five North Vietnamese regiments...
...ancient Vietnamese imperial capital, is presumed to be a prime target of the Communist invasion. So far, the North Vietnamese have been unable to slip past Bastogne and Birmingham, the ARVN 1st Division bases that guard the approaches to the city. Last week, Hué had a besieged look, nonetheless. No effort had been made to repair the walls and shrines that had been reduced to ruins four years earlier-the traditional period of mourning in Viet Nam-in the Tet offensive of 1968. At the university, faded signs on walls urged: SMASH THE ATTEMPT TO VIET-NAMIZE...