Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...adequately represent the sentiment of the people of South Viet Nam. Yet Bao Dai surely does not hold a very high place in popular affections, as one can judge from the open hostility with which large segments of the Viet Namesse people greeted his entrance into the recent conflict. And none of the boisterous contending religious sects has shown any great concern for the welfare of the country as a whole. Obviously it is dangerous to place too much reliance upon a single man, as American foreign policy has had a tendency to do. But despite his failings, no other...
Agreement about the answers is prevented because interests conflict. Not until this conflict is resolved will there be agreement. Tum demum. Most questions of educational, as domestic and foreign policy, are apt to end in some sort of compromise. This question is pre-eminently one which, in my opinion, calls for compromise based not on tradition but on the actual situation. Joshua Whatmough, Chairman, Department of Linguistics
...started a bloody uprising and was put down. While the fires of civil war guttered out in the refugee-crowded streets of Saigon (pop. 2,000,000), a Vietnamese general, supported by French colonials, tried a midnight coup d'état and almost succeeded. Locked in this squalid conflict were the precarious hopes of Vietnamese nationalism, the ambitions of French colonials and the committed prestige of the U.S. Government...
Despite his previous sketchiness, in the last scene Harte finally achieves a moving portrayal of the religious conflict between the missionary and the pagan tribe. This comes a little too late to make The Tribe a strong play, but together with the merits of Die Quietly, My Love it promises another interesting performance in Agassiz this afternoon...
Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the Committee chairmanship is considerably more than an administrative post; it requires a unique combination of administrator, scholar, teacher, and innovator. If men primarily interested in research are appointed, the inevitable conflict between administration and scholarship may bring only a loss in research and no gain in General Education. In Rhinelander, the University had a man well-suited for the post. The importance of the program demands someone equally capable in the future...