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...best and the brightest" of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations--were "wrong, terribly wrong" in prosecuting a losing effort against the Vietnamese Communists. His apology did not erase the horrors Vietnam's victims have suffered and still remember. However, he is to be commended for his candid and long-awaited admission of error...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Ghosts Return From Vietnam | 5/5/1995 | See Source »

...Retrospect is the title of the socalled "candid, poignant" book by the former Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Sitting in his beautiful office near the White House in Washington D.C., the old man, once revered to as the "Best and the Brightest," now 78 years old, punches his right first into his left palm with strength and determination, as if all these silent years of retrospective meditation have finally brought him a point of self-revival. "We were wrong, terribly wrong," he declares. And suddenly, he feels the monkey is off his back...

Author: By Xiaomeng Tong, | Title: McNamara's Redemption | 4/25/1995 | See Source »

Frank said he was "not sure" whether Grantlied in not disclosing her past on her applicationfor admission, but said "there's no doubt shemisled the community" in not being fully candid...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Rally Planned to Support Grant | 4/12/1995 | See Source »

Current projects besides the film include candid-camera calls for MTV and the production of an upcoming all-calls video. With all this glitz, the Jerky Boys haven't made an old-style business call in about eight months, honey pants...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Jerky Boys Called on Their Pranks | 2/16/1995 | See Source »

Mexico is undergoing a temporary cash-flow problem, but President Zedillo is meeting the crisis head on and supplying candid answers to a very long list of questions. The International Monetary Fund and many major banks, as well as the U.S. government's optimistic and helpful position, will undoubtedly make both international and local investors once more feel comfortable about putting many, if not all, of their eggs in the Mexican basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters , Jan. 30, 1995 | 1/30/1995 | See Source »

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