Word: exactingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...commander in Viet Nam, ordered a full-scale probe that led to the arrests. The Green Berets, according to the CIA, at first insisted that Chuyen had been sent on a mission and had simply not returned; later, some changed their tune. The CIA version does not explain the exact role of Colonel Rheault. One theory is that he demanded to be arrested with his subordinates, taking a commander's responsibility for what they...
...lines were apparently disconnected by mistake and were still not repaired after a month despite daily calls to telephone company offices. To call attention to its plight, his company bought $5,900 worth of space in the New York Times, offering a prize to whoever could guess "the exact date and time when New York Telephone reconnects our lines." Within hours the lines were restored, with apologies from a phone company vice president...
...Senate Foreign Relations Committee, meanwhile, demanded to see a top-secret 1965 agreement with Thailand, which Idaho Democrat Frank Church said might "contemplate the use of American forces" in the event of a military threat to that small Southeast Asian country. At week's end the exact contents of the pact remained a mystery. It was learned, however, that the U.S. could be committed to send troops into Thailand under certain circumstances. This news caused Church to ask if the pact could lead to another Viet...
...etched myriad craters in deep shadow. The 16-mm. motion-picture films of Eagle's touchdown on the lunar surface brought back that dangerous moment with tense immediacy. The movies were so clear and sharp that they allowed scientists to pinpoint the landing area precisely. And with the exact coordinates to guide them, astronomers at California's Lick Observatory were finally able to bounce a laser beam off the reflecting mirror left behind by the astronauts...
...topped by short "battle jackets." Dior's Marc Bohan, who started the midimania three years ago, has another go at the style. But this time his long skirts feature zippers running up the front: it is up to the lady, says Bohan, "to zip or unzip to the exact length she wants...