Word: according
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Negotiations under such a strategy would undoubtedly be drawn out, but this would also allow time for American public opinion to cool on Vietnam as it did on Laos. Then President Johnson could accept whatever accord was reached without endangering his own position. Moreover the American build-up now taking place in Thailand could continue. This would minimize the blow to American prestige if the U.S. had to leave Vietnam completely...
They did at A. & M. in College Station, Texas, where the gym is a big attraction. The nearest bottle of liquor is seven miles away, and the sidewalks seem to roll up of their own accord at 6 p.m. "I wanted a place where I could study and train and nothing else," explains Shotputter Matson, a gentle giant who calls everybody "sir" or "ma'am" and hardly goes anywhere without bringing along his pet shot in a brown bowling bag. As far as he's concerned, the M in A. & M. stands for Emil Mamaliga, 44, an assistant...
...policy correct? Did Amberley carry it out wisely? Or was he to blame for impetuosity and arrogance that made it impossible for Cung to cooperate-and thus did he cause Cung's death? If Amberley had behaved more in accord with his own inner vision of his true Zen self, would the outcome have been different? Crushed between the millstones of public events and his private convictions of failure, Amberley agonizes in self-doubt, comes near to "psychotic" collapse, at length quits public life to find peace in a Zen monastery...
...most constructive result of the two leaders' talks was accord on increased cooperation in advanced aircraft and electronics technology. The French and British are already committed to joint production of the Concorde supersonic airliner. The new understanding may well lead to joint work on military aircraft as well, such as a variable-wing attack jet similar...
...Born poor, he has risen to some modest eminence in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Sam the Bold he calls himself, but in fact he is pitifully afraid of life. He hates his wife because she will not be his mother, fears the world because it does not accord him the homage he feels he deserves. To compensate for these afflictions, Sam shamelessly uses his six children. He says he loves them "as no man ever loved his children before"; in fact, he battens on his babies like a charming crocodile...