Word: come
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort. Asked by one guest whether South Vietnamese troops would soon bear enough of the burden of fighting to allow American troops to go home, Thieu answered with emphatic brevity: "Yes." Later, when the group presented him with a cutglass head of an American eagle, Thieu quipped: "You come here while we are talking of peace and give me a hawk...
Restating the aims of his trip, Nixon declared: "I have come for work, not for ceremony; to inquire, not to insist; to consult, not to convince; to listen and learn, and to begin what I hope will be a continuing interchange of ideas and insights." He was warmly received, notably when he admitted: "I know there have been rumblings of discontent in Europe-a feeling that too often the United States talked at its partners instead of with them, or merely informed them of decisions after they were made, instead of consulting with them before deciding." Nixon bent over backward...
...past, most funds have come from the members themselves, who contribute up to 10% of their annual income. Now the Muslims are looking for other sources of income and are trying to negotiate a $20 million loan from various banks. Some of this money will be used for additional business investment, and one-third of it will be spent to "revitalize" the 47 schools the sect operates across the country, notably the 37-year-old University of Islam in Washington...
...mayor, the scandals could be disastrous. Yorty's principal voter support has come from the white middle-class residents of the San Fernando Valley, a vast expanse of tract homes and shopping centers northwest of the city's heart. "Sam's people," as they are called, do not insist upon political heavyweights as their elected representatives. But they are strong law-and-order advocates with an especially low tolerance for official malfeasance...
...biggest questionmark of the afternoon will come at heavyweight, where Harvard's Tom Tripp will oppose the Tigers' Chuck Dressel. Both are sophomores with 8-3 records, and in a freshman meet last year they wrestled to a draw...