Word: adds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whir of flapping helicopter blades, South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu arrived at the last minute to add his own farewells. "The fact that the South Vietnamese army can now start to replace U.S. troops constitutes both your success and our success," said Thieu in English. "I convey to you all the heartfelt gratitude of the free Vietnamese." Then, at last, the battalion wheeled to the left and marched across the runway to board the waiting airplanes. Said a Bravo Company platoon sergeant: "I don't think anybody is going to believe it until they...
Nauseating. Certainly money was a major reason for Mrs. Gallagher's venture; her husband recently boasted of plans to add a room to their modest house "after we get some loot." Few, however, could understand why she was quite so vindictive. One friend of the author discounts a story that Mrs. Galagher was smarting over a dressing down, and maintains that she adored J.F.K. and resented Jackie's self-indulgence and seeming lack of concern for the President...
...revolt and know that reform has become politically popular. Tax reform is necessary, said Chairman Russell Long of the Senate Finance Committee. But extension of the surtax, he added, should be passed "before the summer recess. To mire the surtax in endless controversy over reform, said Long, would add another explosive element of uncertainty to the economy...
...Hole. Costly seismic surveys that backers now insist on have also tended to add to wildcatters' expenses. Oil has become harder to find in the continental U.S. as obvious geological structures have been exploited. Since 1963, Wildcatter Carl W. Van Wormer, who was once worth $300,000, has drilled 20 consecutive dry holes and has moved from a suite of four offices into a cubbyhole in Houston. Keegan Carter, of Kilgore, Texas, last hit oil three years ago. The whole town of Kilgore is in an economic decline, as are such once-wealthy wildcatting communities as Overton, Henderson...
...Camino. A long list of options includes air conditioning, power steering, automatic transmission, wooden steering wheels, bucket seats and high-performance engines. The price of a dolled-up pickup can approach $5,000, and the cost of the piggyback camping unit that slides into the truck bed can add another...