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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Forty-seven percent of the public would follow a prearranged withdrawal timetable, even if the Saigon government were to collapse as a result; only 38% would alter the schedule to save the Thieu regime. Among leaders, the commitment is even firmer: 56% opted to pull out in the face of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans on the War Divided, Glum, Unwilling to Quit | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

What happened next is perhaps best described in the words of an observer of the meeting. "It was a disaster. No one had done any advance work in the neighborhood. They did not know how the neighbors felt. The President came in prepared for a tea party but he didn...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: 15 Years Later, They're Still Fighting Over What to Build on Shady Hill | 10/29/1969 | See Source »

The pattern of disaster was all too familiar. An F-104G Starfighter, bearing the black formee cross of West Germany's Luftwaffe on its fuselage, was hurtling over the South German foothills toward the Alps last week when it spun out of control. The pilot managed to eject at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Learning to Handle The Flying Coffin | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

What upsets Nelson is the fact that engineers are cutting the strip by spraying picloram, the same pesticide used by the U.S. military on the Demilitarized Zone in Viet Nam. The chemical kills sizable trees and brush vegetation for at least two years. In a letter to Secretary of State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Land: North American DMZ | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

So too with the university as an institution. The case for vesting faculties with the final responsibility for appointments, curriculum, and degree requirements rests on their professional qualifications and on the fact that they must live with their decisions over many student generations, rather than over a short time span...

Author: By T. S. Eliot, | Title: The Fainsod Report | 10/20/1969 | See Source »

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