Word: ende
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nowhere was Nixon more candid than in fixing responsibility. "In my campaign for the presidency, I pledged to end this war in a way that would increase our chances to win a true and lasting peace in Viet Nam, in the Pacific and in the world," he said. "I am determined to keep that pledge. If I fail to do so, I expect the American people to hold me accountable for that failure...
...South Viet Nam; at least one politician is still in jail for having advocated it as a solution of the war. However, Thieu evidently felt that Nixon's proviso-"if that is what the South Vietnamese people freely choose"-was both fair and safe. At week's end, while receiving Rogers, he requested a meeting with Nixon, perhaps to ask for further assurances. Mostly, however, Nixon's boast that he had ended the crisis of confidence between Saigon and Washington seemed justified...
Lifetime Income. In the end, practically no one could be found to speak up to excuse conduct that was, at very best, grossly improper. "He has not committed the ultimate evil of taking a bribe," said Stanford Law Professor Gerald Gunther. "But that misses the point. There is a question about the appearance of virtue on the court." In fact, Fortas' action had been even more ill-judged than was at first realized. Not only had he received $20,000 from Louis Wolfson's foundation in 1966-not giving it back until eleven months later, after Wolfson...
...third term, he has chosen for the most part not to be drawn into a name-calling contest. Instead, Bradley has addressed himself to such issues as federal aid to schools and especially to the need for stricter law enforcement. "I intend to work for the end of violence," he says, "so that once again that which unites us will be stronger than that which keeps us apart...
...idea. The university just seems to be mad that they didn't think of it first." Asserting the need for the fence, Heyns admitted: "That's a hard way to make the point, but that's the way it has to be." At week's end, 1,200 National Guardsmen patrolled the streets and the park was closed off and empty. Continued agitation in the area resulted in still more arrests as the street people vowed not to surrender...