Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inevitably, though, the Vietnamese blame much of the debacle on the U.S., which gradually took command of the whole war effort and imposed its own training methods, tactics and supplies on South Viet Nam. The Vietnamese became so dependent on the U.S. that when President Nixon threatened a cutoff in U.S. aid if Thieu did not sign the Paris peace accords, Thieu could only give in. Ambassador Bui Diem provides a pathetic vignette of Thieu at San Clemente, where he sought assurance of U.S. help if Hanoi violated the accords. "You can count on us," Nixon said. Thieu...
...faith to which most of his people belonged. Beyond that, the mullahs were infuriated early last year when the then Premier, Jamshid Amuzegar, canceled the $80 million annual subsidy that they had formerly received from the Palace to spend on mosques, scholarships and travel. In addition, in an effort to curb inflation, Amuzegar imposed price controls, and this angered the influential bazaar people...
...blood on the floor in some of the policy debates," admitted one State Department insider. 'Some people have been accused of virtual insubordination." The department and the White House were at odds over the issue, and the Administration imposed a virtual gag on Government Iran specialists in an effort to prevent them from talking to the press. In fact, there have been so many mistakes in U.S. policy that almost anyone involved in the subject in at least three previous Administrations probably deserves a bit of blame. The badly weakened CIA, which had only a handful of operatives...
Sophomore PT boat Bobby Hackett once again led the Crimson effort, establishing meet records in the 1000-yd. freestyle (9:29.05) and the 100-yd. freestyle (46.94, a solid time for this point in the season) for an impressive double...
...effort to enlist the cooperation of the military, Bakhtiar met Thursday with General Fereidum Jam, to whom he had offered the supervision of Iran's 430,000-man military establishment. The general rejected the appointment, after reportedly disagreeing with plans to restructure the military...