Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harold Holt, who made Australians realize that we are a part of Asia and the closest friendly ally...
...Johnson led 300 aides and newsmen in four jetliners 10,200 miles to honor him. For the President, who was genuinely saddened, the trip was of course much more than a re spectful condolence call. In just a few days' time, he focused world attention on Asia, impressed allies with his steadfastness, and cheered U.S. troops in Thailand and Viet Nam-where he stopped on the way home...
...from the academic community about the war in Viet Nam have come from those on the protesting left. Last week 14 distinguished scholars, all experts on international affairs, issued a 6,700-word statement examining not only the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam but also the future of all Asia. They concluded that a Communist victory in Viet Nam would lead to a greater war later...
Buying Time. The professors deplored "the recent rise of isolationist sentiment in the U.S.," and the fact that "many Americans find Asia remote and marginal to their interests." As for what the nation's position should be, "The ability to develop and defend policies attuned to limited objectives-including a policy of limited war-has become the vital test of the U.S. today. Our opponents count upon our impatience, our impetuousness, our immaturity. They must be proven wrong...
Undertones of Irony. While student agitation is an accepted fact of academic life in much of Asia and Latin