the rinsings of a wine-glass

At long last, the referee's whistle was mercifully blown. It had been a sobering and underwhelming tournament, but one that must now fuel the future, with a changing of the guard needed ahead of next year's Euro 2024 qualifying campaign.

American paratroopers and Australian infantrymen have killed 81 Vietcong and captured 79 in five days of light fighting in the guerrillas’ “iron triangle” jungle base about 25 miles north of Saigon, a United States military spokesman said today.

Hanging at the tent's entrance was his long-coat; he hung it there to remind himself, and others, of who they were dealing with.