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...will have the advantage of knowing ARVN better than any American in Viet Nam ever has. The South Vietnamese are unlikely to be able to put much over on him, or promise what he knows they cannot deliver. And by temperament and the terms of his new assignment, the cigar-chomping Abrams will likely be his own man in Saigon, running things largely his own way with more on-the-spot freedom than Westmoreland enjoyed. That, in a way, will represent a personal sort of de-escalation by President Johnson, who feels keenly the criticism that he has kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Changing of the Guard | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

...were a costly military failure for the Communists. But they concede that Tet had severely damaging psychological effects on the U.S. pub lic In its aftermath, Johnson began his reexamination of the U.S. war effort. To help him conduct the review, he summoned General Creighton ("Abe") Abrams, the tough, cigar-chomping tank commander who is the second-ranking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Bombing Pause | 4/5/1968 | See Source »

...Army's vice chief of staff before arriving in Viet Nam last May. When and if the big battle at Khe Sanh comes, Abrams, 53, will be in charge of it. Finding himself in a similar hot spot during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, the cigar-chomping general said: "They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Fightin'est Mem | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

...face trial for "intrigues" and "conspiratorial actions." That alone was not too surprising under Castro's oppressive regime, but Granma followed it up a day later with a real stunner: the plotters were in league with the Russians. Thus, as he might savor a slow-burning, pungent Havana cigar, Castro revealed to the world the scope of Cuba's steadily worsening relations with Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Deepening Split with Russia | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

...STILL HAVE HAVANA, boasted an ad last week in the New York Times Magazine and other newspapers for the Garcia y Vega, Inc. cigar company, which has access to nearly half of the pre-Castro leaf still warehoused in the U.S. And yes, Garcia y Vega has the promotional services of one of the more fascinating authors in the nation. In return for mailing in ten bands from the company's Elegantes or Gallantes (list price: two for 250), a cigar smoker can get a free copy of To Seek a Newer World (list: $4.95), a slim volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Kennedy's New Leaf | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

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