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Caught in a trap, Aspinall backed down. "It amounts to blackmail," he grumbled, as he allowed that if Hayden would withdraw his rider and stick with the Central Arizona Project bill as passed by the Senate, Aspinall's committee would take it up first thing next session. "This is all I ever wanted," responded Hayden with a grin...
Crimson guards (and sometimes tackles) often pull out from the opposite side to lead a wide run. They will trap opposing linemen, and block two-on-one. These maneuvers require quick guards and more powerful players in the other line spots who can hold their...
...Trap & Destroy. The U.S. has also begun to apply a new treatment to roads and rail lines elsewhere in the North. In the past, U.S. flyers would bomb a road or a bridge in one place, wait until it was repaired and then hit it again. Trouble was that the North Vietnamese became too fast and facile at fixing things up, and transportation continued to move, at least sporadically. Since last spring, the U.S. has used a strategy known as "pursuit-of-a-target system." Now, U.S. flyers seek to make a whole series of cuts in roads and rail...
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That led to her long-term Disney contract-and Pollyanna, The Parent Trap, The Castaways, Summer Magic, The Moon Spinners and That Darn Cat. "Even though the stories weren't very real and the characters were essentially cardboard," she says, "I was learning the mechanics of my craft, and had a chance to indulge myself." But not too much. "If I got good notices for something," she recalls, "my family just said, That's very nice, dear. Now go and make your...