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Taylor does not recall the exact chronology of decisions that led to U.S. takeover of the prime combat role in Viet Nam. "Those decisions," he says, "were all reached in Washington. But I was reluctant to concur in them." At the time Taylor argued that at some indeterminate point, perhaps when the number of U.S. troops reached between 100,000 and 125,000, a "Plimsoll line" would be reached: for every American soldier invested, a Vietnamese soldier would be lost. The war-weary Vietnamese, as the then ambassador saw it, would be only too glad to hand over the fighting...
Boggs and the Justice Department concur on that, though for different reasons. Said Kleindienst, appalled that Boggs would make the charge without proof at hand: "It's destructive to the country for people to believe that it's being done. How can a Congressman function if he feels his talks with his colleagues or his constituents are being overheard? We agree that it has a chilling effect, and we'd like to have a hearing to get rid of that feeling...
Although the individual bishops do not enjoy the prerogative of infallibility, they can nevertheless proclaim Christ's doctrine infallibly . . . provided that while maintaining the bond of unity among themselves and with Peter's successor, and while teaching authentically on a matter of faith or morals, they concur in a single viewpoint...
...time. Another of PL's objections was that the NLF is supplied by two "revisionist" powers: the Soviet Union and North Vietnam. But this type of guilt-by-association-true or not-is completely inappropriate in the case of poor, struggling countries under military siege, and does not even concur with Lenin's writings. "What it amounts to," said Ed Goldman, a Columbia student who quit PL late last year, "is that a bunch of white middle-class students are saying that a national liberation organization that has liberated four-fifths of Vietnam is selling...
Clearly, Bok conferred with Pusey about seeking student participation in choosing a new Law dean. In his letter, Pusey emphasizes repeatedly that the choice of the next dean will be made in close consultation with Bok and that they concur on the need for involving students in the selection process...