Word: chu
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there are two things that characterize America in war," he told the U.S. embassy staff in Saigon, "they are disagreement and valor." At the burgeoning base of Chu Lai, where he awarded medals to soldiers of the America Division, Humphrey reminded his audience that "nation-building is our business," and warned that "unless we win it here, America doesn't have another chance." In sessions with Thieu and Ky, he urged development of sound political parties and an end to the corruption and wrangling that has so often disrupted Vietnamese political life. To one and all, he passed along...
...about the new building. Some scientists have been heard to gripe that there is not enough lab space, but by and large the vote is strongly affirmative. Says J. Doyne Sartor, program scientist in cloud physics: "This building has a personality." Adds Electronics Engineer Raymond Chu: "Scientists or engineers will never be completely satisfied with any building. But this one is very exciting architecture...
Quick Awakening. At 44, the President's boyish face and unfurrowed brow belie a lifetime intertwined with the travails of his country. Thieu, whose name means "one who ascends," was born in the village of Ninh Chu on the South China Sea. His father was a farmer and fisherman, but his brother Hieu, 16 years his senior and now his Ambassador to Rome, was a Paristrained lawyer and the family's chief meal ticket. It was Hieu who sent Thieu to school in Saigon and Hué. Thieu had just finished high school when World War II began...
Thieu was neither stupid nor sentimental in the field. In 1954, promoted to major, he found himself leading an attack on the Viet Minh in his own village, Ninh Chu. The Communists retreated into Thieu's old home, confident that he would not fire on his own house. Says Thieu with grim satisfaction: "I shot in my own house." The only cause for criticism the young officer ever gave his superiors was an innate caution that made him less aggressive than they sometimes would have preferred-a reluctance to commit his troops to battle unless he felt absolutely sure...
...JOHN CHU Hong Kong...