Word: conflict
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...America's peacetime military draft, which ended in 1973, had not been declared Constitutional during the Vietnam conflict, America's involvement in the undeclared war in Indochina would have been limited. Likewise, without a constitutional partial military draft today, war may seem less inevitable. In the event of a conflict Americans of all backgrounds should be universally drafted; but the nation should not actively prepare for such a possibility...
Unlike the students who prepare the CUE Guide, professors and administrators have an inherent conflict of interest that can only stand in the way of thorough, candid and useful evaluations...
Where else but the Big Apple has that trail creature called homo sapiens better succeeded in taming the harsh elements of nature and constructing a metropolis in which the dangers of the natural environment have been exchanged for the dangers of the built environment? This conflict between man and nature leads to several interesting questions. Which is inherently more dangerous, a hurricane or trying to go for the last empty seat on an "A" train to Brooklyn? Would not trees be better served with a lightweight and washable covering of Orlon instead of the traditional but greatly outmoded bark...
...Newstour was the largest group of U.S. business leaders to visit Viet Nam since the end of the war. A two-day stopover in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) provided the travelers with poignant reminders of the conflict. At one point, the group was escorted to the crash site of a B-52 bomber that had been shot down over Hanoi in December 1972. A U.S. insignia was still visible on the wreckage. The Newstour met with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach and aging Premier Pham Van Dong. In an interview that is excerpted...
DIED. John H. Michaelis, 73, retired four-star Army general, whose courage in combat earned him the nickname Iron Mike; of a heart attack; in Clayton, Ga. During the Korean conflict, as commander of the 27th Infantry (Wolfhound) Regiment, Michaelis prepared his men for battle with the famous rallying cry "You're not here to die for your country. You're here to make those so- and-sos die for theirs...