Word: accept
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thus the stakes in Viet Nam go far beyond that nation itself: "To accept a Communist victory in Viet Nam would serve as a major encouragement to those forces in the world opposing peaceful coexistence, to those elements committed to the thesis that violence is the best means of effecting change. It would gravely jeopardize the possibilities of a political equilibrium in Asia, seriously damage our credibility, deeply affect the morale-and the policies-of our Asian allies and the neutrals...
...country. In the process, which led to the Prohibition Amendment of 1919, the U.S. developed a guilt complex about drink that it has not yet fully overcome. But there is increasing evidence of the second revolution in the public attitude toward alcohol: the country is learning to accept its drinking habit as a social custom that is as ineradicable as it is harmless when practiced in moderation. The alcoholic is a product of any drinking culture, but America is beginning to realize that he is a sick man rather than a sinner. Since 1956, the American Medical Association has recognized...
Considering these factors, what could the U.S. settle for now? Instead of aiming for firm guarantees that South Viet Nam will be forever free of aggression from within and without, the U.S. might honorably accept an arrangement that would give the country a reasonable chance of success. In broad terms, it might consider a peace that would arrest Communism instead of smashing...
...accept a Communist victory in Vietnam. . . would gravely jeopardize the possibilities of a political equilibrium in Asia, seriously damage our credibility, deeply affect the morale--and the policies--of our Asian allies and the neutrals," the report states...
...known that while White's aides were suggesting the BRA post to him, he was also considering several other offers, including a job similar to the BRA directorship in a city larger than Boston. He visited that city over the weekend, and told White Monday morning he would accept the Boston post...