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Anderson bore the brunt of the community attack for his leadership of Operation Schoolhouse, a Boston-contracted Harvard project to design fourteen new Boston schools...
...sees the government's including one real draft resistor among the five as an attempt "to scare all the other kids." "The government is saying to the kids, 'No matter how many adults you bring in to bear the brunt, we're going to get you too.' I was just an easy, prominent target because of all my public speeches...
...Forts. Whether fighting well or poorly, the ARVN has always borne the brunt of the war in casualties. Last week Saigon reported that in the previous week 234 South Vietnamese soldiers and 166 Americans had been killed. In 1966, the U.S. lost 5,000 dead, the ARVN 11,500. This past year, government forces suffered 12,000 killed, the U.S. 10,000. South Vietnamese in uniform have, of course, always outnumbered American servicemen in Viet Nam. Today there are ten ARVN regular divisions, totaling some 321,000 men. Manning the vulnerable mud forts and watchtowers across the country...
...that its gunners had downed the bird. What was known was that the U.S. Marine Corps had lost its first division commander to be killed in any war: Major General Bruno A. Hochmuth, 56, two-star boss of the 26,000-man 3rd Marine Division, which has borne the brunt of the fighting in South Viet Nam this year...
...Britain and the U.S., whose currencies and balance of payments have borne the brunt of the increased world trade, the de-emphasis of gold and hard currency should bring some relief. The London agreement still awaits approval, however, by the 106 nations of the International Monetary Fund, which meets later this month in Rio de Janeiro. At that time, the plan will be spelled out in further detail. Remaining to be decided, for instance, is the amount of special drawing rights to be created. Best estimate is between $1 billion and $2 billion for a start. Though small in amount...