Word: assaulted
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...unpleasant fact is that the Viet Cong used the Tet assault to infiltrate into Saigon hundreds and perhaps even thousands of agents who pose as normal Vietnamese going about their jobs. The chief mission of such agents is to try to turn the resentment of the Saigonese against the government and the Americans, charging them with the destruction of the city after the V.C. invasion. Meanwhile, V.C. assassination squads operate in broad daylight. The results of their handiwork turn up-hands bound and bodies mutilated-in the river. The V.C. have been active in Saigon for years...
Still, decentralization--combined with the unifying effect of the bombing threat--represents a formidable assault against class lines. And the longer the bombing persists the better are Hanoi's chances of welding its people together...
...there appears to be some overlap. The characteristics of persons who from time to time end up in situations where they "cannot control themselves" are only now beginning to be studied but there appears to be a repeated association between pathological intoxication, unrestrained physical attacks on other persons, sexual assault, and multiple automobile accidents. This has been termed the "dyscontrol syndrome." It may be that the popular conviction that automobile accidents are the fault of drivers arises from the perception of aggressive behavior on the part of others (and one's self) in situations where it is clearly intended...
...appalling to read of Mrs. Evelyn Lincoln's latest memoirs [Feb. 23]. I am ashamed that President Johnson must suffer another unwarranted assault at the hands of those who avow devotion to Kennedy; it seems nothing less than a betrayal of a man who would never have hit another publicly with "locker room" gossip. He gave Khrushchev more dignity than that. It is a pity that President Kennedy's grace and respectful demeanor didn't communicate itself to Mrs. Lincoln...
...Yardling tankmen turned an anticipated battle into a rout by grabbing first place in 9 of 11 events. In the process, they continued their assault on the record book, establishing two new freshman marks...