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Word: discredits (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Camejo. a member of the Socialist Workers' Party (SWP). The focus of the rally, according to Richard W. Osborne '72, is a kickoff for a referendum on the war that SMC hopes to get on the ballot in November. SMC also focuses on peace campaigns "in an attempt to discredit Nixon's silent majority." and is planning a repeat of Vietnam Summer in Boston...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Another April: the War Goes On | 4/9/1970 | See Source »

...Captain Reilly, the now identified forger, has a marvelous history of spy intrigue in Europe which shows he was capable of planning a large scale campaign to discredit Leftist parties...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Harvard Plates Solve Mystery British Spy Forged 'Zinoviev Letter' | 2/17/1970 | See Source »

...Mekong Delta, a sector that is unfamiliar to them but is rapidly becoming one of the most crucial areas of the war. To bolster South Viet Nam's defenses there, President Nguyen Van Thieu last week replaced two top military commanders in the Delta. The North, determined to discredit President Nixon's Vietnamization plan, has ordered two full regiments and possibly parts of three others into the area to confront Saigon's forces. The result has indeed posed a problem for Vietnamization- but for Hanoi's brand as well as Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: North Viet Nam: Year of the Dog | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

There is a movement in this country to discredit our nation. I was born here. I appreciate this country. I came from a poor family. I try to mind my own business. I go to work and hope the job will last, but I'm getting squeezed. The middle people, they're being told by the poor that they have to put up houses for them, they're being told by the rich that they have to support this program to build houses for the poor. I know, O.K., the poor might benefit, but the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man And Woman Of The Year: Somebody Else's Backyard | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

...enemy casualty figures were probably inflated, there was no doubt that ARVN troopers had blocked the North Vietnamese from accomplishing their goals: 1) to take one or both of the camps by Christmas; 2) to force the U.S. to commit ground troops to the action, and 3) to discredit the ARVN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The War: Testing Vietnamization | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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