Word: eleven
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...health, life-insurance and leave benefits are the same as for other foreign-service workers, and allowances are paid for families that must be left at home. Volunteers are warned that a job in the boondocks could be dangerous - nine AID men have been killed by the Viet Cong, eleven wounded and two kidnaped. Even so, commented one recruiter, "It's probably safer working there than crossing Times Square...
...erstwhile Miss Manila (a proudly packaged 36-23-35) and asked: "Would you mind standing up, please?" Back to back, Marcos determined that Imelda was an inch shorter than his 5 ft. 7 in., then turned to an onlooker and said: "Fine. I'm getting married." Eleven days later...
Encouraging Report. McNamara's last previous trip to Viet Nam had been eleven months ago, when the American buildup was just getting under way and the military effort against the Communists was stalled. This time he found much to be encouraged about. Noting that the Americans have now seized the initiative, he reported that "the pressure on the Viet Cong, measured in terms of the casualties they have suffered, the destruction of their units, the measurable effect on their morale, has been greater than we anticipated...
...members of the Committee are not protecting a selfish interest by wishing to limit freedom of the press. The eleven members include three former ABA presidents, two law school deans, two former U.S. attorney generals, and a Supreme Court justice. A wild, wide-roaming press probably exposes more criminals than a press limited by their proposals; the former would be more in their inter- est when they serve as criminal prosecutors...
...been scheduled to race against Buckpasser in yesterday's Lawrence Realization at Aquaduct. Although Buffle was never able to beat Buckpasser -- unbeaten in his last eleven starts -- he was always close enough to share he glory, and managed impressive victories of his own whenever Buckpasser wasn't using the same track...