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...South Viet Nam. The same will be true of Laos." Another problem is that if ARVN is to be called upon regularly for cavalry duty in Cambodia, and possibly Laos as well, it might be spread perilously thin. U.S. air, artillery and logistic support will be needed to bolster ARVN's actions beyond its borders, even if no U.S. ground troops are sent in. Finally, Abrams' wider war almost certainly means that Laos and Cambodia will be torn apart. Quite aside from the human cost, it is unlikely that any neutralist political force ?or neutralist government?will have much...
...seems in excellent shape. "I still have a muted ringing in it, like a dog whistle," he says, "but I hardly notice it." He has also apparently mastered, in spite of initial difficulties, the split-second control techniques of the tricky lunar lander. Indeed, his confidence should help bolster all of NASA at a critical moment in its history. "I suppose," muses Shepard, "if we don't make it back to earth, somebody will say the poor son of a bitch wasn't ready. But I am ready...
...wake of the report, administrators at schools across the country rushed to bolster or refute the report's findings on the prestige of their programs...
Many people feel that "Love Story" has done more to bolster the alumni'sfaith in Harvard than any single thing in the last decade...
Last weekend's Princeton game in the Yale Bowl served only to bolster the aura surrounding the 29-29 tie as erratic. Tiger quarterback Rod Plummer came off the bench in the second quarter and stirred a Princeton comeback that fell short in the dying moments...