Word: exception
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...believe there are too few citizens who share the dedication to their country that your servicemen do. To be able to raise forces (under the threat of the draft) as professional, responsible and dedicated to the aims of political direction which gives them everything to do the job except authority to win, bodes well for America. If your university faculties and students could be endowed with one-tenth of the patriotic responsibility so evident in your servicemen of all races and skin colors, U.S. leadership in the free world would be unchallenged...
...astonishing, to be heard not at all. Within twelve hours after his resignation in the wake of a referendum vote against his policies, workmen had moved his artifacts and files from the Elysee Palace. The presidential communication lines to Colombey were cut, and the other trappings of his office?except for a secretary, a bodyguard and a chauffeur, to which he was entitled along with a $35,000 pension?evaporated like a morning dew. The long era of Charles de Gaulle was over, for France and for the rest of the world...
...nearest large town to the Kadena base, there are numerous bars, such as the Night Queen, Cabaret Aloha and U.S. Club, and few nights go by without at least one fistfight involving overloaded Americans and Okinawans. Not quite as visible, but equally pervasive, is American control of Okinawan affairs. Except for Berlin, Okinawa stands as the last occupied territory of World...
...longer the discussions go on, the less tenable the technical objections become," he said. He added, "They're left with nothing to attack us on except political issues...
...will operate as an extracurricular activity. To accept these terms would cause the Navy to be in violation of the Public Law 88-647. Therefore, no NROTC freshman class will be enrolled in Harvard this year. You are therefore authorized to apply for admission to any other NROTC institution except Brown University. When accepted, and upon furnishing the Chief of Naval Personnel evidence thereof, you will be authorized enrollment in a regular NROTC program of such institution in excess of the initially entering quota. If you have not applied to any institution other than Harvard, you are urged...