Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very great American once stated that America would pay any price, bear any burden and meet any hardship in the defense of liberty. Does this quotation pertain to the war in Viet Nam? Or was the meaning of it buried with John F. Kennedy...
...burden of Johnson's speeches on Viet Nam was that he would continue the conflict on his terms-a limited ground war against the Communists coupled with restricted bombing raids against the North. Implicit in his position, however, was an invitation to negotiations. Typically, the week yielded a spate of hints about breakthroughs on the diplomatic front; the U.S., for example, was talking to the Swiss about yet another feeler from Hanoi that talks would begin if the Americans would only quit bombing the North...
...uncertainties of the draft than join cadet programs, which include at least two years' active duty as a military officer. Besides, the current college generation takes an anti-Establishment view that scoffs at polished buttons and stiff-necked discipline. A military regimen has become an unappealing burden to add to academic chores...
...William A. M. Burden of New York and her sons, William A. M. Burden '27 and Shirley C. Burden, donated the money. The building will be named Burden Auditorium...
...auditorium was given in memory of Mrs. Burden's husband, who was First Marshal of the class of 1900 and captain of the 1899 football team...