Word: bone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Down to Bare Bone." Right on cue, North Viet Nam President Ho Chi Minh answered the Pope's Christmas plea for peace with a typically savage diatribe against the U.S. Ho denounced "aggression by the American imperialists," accused the U.S. of setting up a "fascist dictatorship" in South Viet Nam, and again served up the same four preconditions whose acceptance by Washington would amount to surrendering South Viet Nam to the Communists. "The U.S. leaders want war and not peace," wrote Ho. "The talks about unconditional negotiations made by the U.S. President are merely a maneuver to cover...
...stake in Viet Nam. With characteristic bluntness, Dean Rusk summarized the situation for a friend: "All that's left is the question of what we do about North Viet Nam's attempt to take over South Viet Nam by force. We're down to the bare bone. Do we stand aside and let them take...
...will be hardest perhaps for the families of the 1,438 U.S. soldiers who have fallen in Viet Nam. They, too, will be remembered-by the people of West Berlin. As a result of a campaign by the city's ten dailies, each bereaved family will receive a bone china replica of Berlin's Freedom Bell-itself a copy of the U.S. Liberty Bell-inscribed with the words: "From freedom loving Berliners who know the liberty of their city is also gallantly defended in Viet...
...vastly accomplished jokesmith, Abe Burrows is up against tough and lonely competition-himself-and there are some cavities in his comic lines. But the cast fills them handsomely. Besides looking good, Lauren Bacall handles dialogue like a bone-dry martini. Barry Nelson's whole being winces with boyish mock innocence, and Brenda Vaccaro's characterization draws royal flushes from mental blanks...
...Bone for Banks. This week the White House spelled out the new rules tightening and expanding the Administration's "voluntary" restraints on overseas business spending. Partially retroactive, onerous enough to provoke new grumbling by businessmen, the rules also implied a threat of mandatory controls if businessmen do not comply. The nation's 900 largest corporations (v. only 500 up to now) will be expected to limit their outlays in foreign countries during 1965 and 1966 to 135% of each company's annual average during 1962-64. Moreover, the Government will count undistributed profits of subsidiaries abroad...