Word: expectant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Embroiled in a war they cannot win under the rules of engagement and do not wish to lose, Americans find themselves confused as they look to the future. Although most have abandoned hope for a military victory, only a minority expect the Paris negotiations to produce an "honorable settlement...
Negligible Propaganda. What triggered the Communist slaughter? Many Hue citizens believe that the execution orders came directly from Ho Chi Minh. More likely, however, the Communists simply lost their nerve. They had been led to expect that many South Vietnamese would rally to their cause during the Tet onslaught. That did not happen, and when the battle for Hue began turning in the allies' favor, the Communists apparently panicked and killed off their prisoners...
Echeverria, an efficient administrator and decision maker, is following a well-trodden path. Eight of his nine most recent predecessors served as Interior Minister, the most important Cabinet post, before taking over the presidency. Diaz Ordaz and other P.R.I, chieftains expect little change in policies-with good reason, for Echeverria was selected as party candidate by the President himself, in concert with party leaders and the country's three living ex-Presidents...
...subsidiary and Kelvinator Appliance to pay some of the debts, trimmed costs by $20 million annually to cut the breakeven point from 343,000 to 250,000 cars a year, and last year turned a profit of $3,300,000 on sales of 260,000 cars. Chapin and Luneburg expect to reach $4,000,000 this year. The acquisition of Kaiser Jeep also makes American Motors a billion-dollar corporation once again, a status it has not enjoyed since...
...Harvard whipped Penn soundly, and last week the Tigers could only place four men in the top ten finishers. They must do better this afternoon if they expect to pose any sort of a realistic threat to Harvard's 31-meet undefeated string...