Word: asian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ambassador's tenure in Tokyo, the Japanese press had lost some of its exhalted respect for the sensei (honored teacher). In more and more circles of the Japanese government, there was unflattering talk of the "two Reischauers" -- the diplomat who defended his government's Asian policy inflaggingly and the scholar who harbored serious doubts about "absurd" tragedies like the war in Vietnam...
...hard and revealing eye of the camera eventually put an end to such performances, and the image of the TV reporter changed to that of a sober professional who, though his background in Asian affairs might have gone no further than a college survey course, was dedicated to telling the inside story. The tour of network staffers in Viet Nam, unfortunately, was usually limited to six months and consequently the coverage was often little more than each new man's personal impressions of how it is over there...
...search for a peaceful solution in Viet Nam," said the Premier, who last month finished a ten-nation swing throughout Southeast Asia. "I was deeply impressed during my recent trip that the U.S. efforts in Viet Nam were well understood and appreciated by the governments and peoples of the Asian countries." Sato warmed Johnson's heart further when he pronounced himself "keenly aware that the position of a leader is often a lonely one filled with tribulations." Himself besieged by leftist anti-government rioters before he flew to the U.S., Sato commented dryly on dissent in America...
...nation's ills: crime, welfare, slums, inflation. "We are becoming a house divided," he said. "The richest nation in the world is a fiscal mess. Once a beacon of hope for people everywhere, America is now widely regarded as belligerent and domineering. We are mixed in an Asian land war which sacrifices our young men and drains our resources, with no end in sight. False optimism and lack of candor on the part of our leaders have confused our citizens and sapped their resolve. A Republican President can work for a just peace in Viet Nam unshackled by mistakes...
Coolidge, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg in 1892, not only sought out collections of Slavic, German, Latin American, and Asian works, but also paid for some of them out of his own pocket...