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...vote from the countryside that swept Thieu into the presidency as he took 38 provinces to bolster the lead he piled up in the cities of Dalat, Vung Tau and Cam Ranh. In the process, Ky was an invaluable running mate. Out in the countryside, only two Vietnamese political figures are likely to be known by the peasants: Ho Chi Minh and Nguyen Cao Ky. By no means rare was the peasant on election day who, when asked if he had voted for Thieu, adamantly shook his head and said that he had voted...
...bolster the argument, East Germany now prints its own dictionary, which lists nearly 400 words that are sel dom, if ever, used in West Germany...
...grown from 17 to 40; trained engineers and literate newsmen provide the magazine with technical accuracy and readable English. Its influence is indisputable. Last April, when the magazine noted that MIG fighter jets were enjoying a sanctuary at some North Vietnamese airfields, members of Congress used the piece to bolster their argument that the fields should be attacked. They soon were. When the British government seemed on the point of withdrawing from the Anglo-French supersonic-transport program, Aviation Week warned that such a decision could reduce Britain to a "second-rate techno logical power." Many M.P.s praised the article...
This year's Yale crew, fifth-place in the Eastern Sprints which Harvard won, is currently experimenting with an Italian shell and rigging in an attempt to bolster its sprint power. The Crimson crew will consist of the same oarsmen that have rowed since the second meet of the season...
Bayh, 39, first clashed with Poats, 44, when he was chief of AID for the Far East and overseer of the crash program to bolster South Viet Nam's chaotic economy during the herculean U.S. buildup in 1965-66. After Bayh learned that AID officials had bought galvanized steel from Korea for quick shipment to Viet Nam, he lambasted Poats and insisted that AID purchase primarily U.S. steel. Though the Senator comes up for re-election next year in a state that has a large steel industry, he claimed his opposition to Poats was based purely on his belief...