Word: feb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Viet Nam [Feb. 26] or any other part of Southeast Asia when the rebuilding is needed here at home had better think again...
...Thank goodness that we Americans have a modern-day Robin Hood Congressman patrolling the Administration's activities [Feb. 19]. Wouldn't the founders of the Constitution marvel at the integrity of Senator Sam Ervin, in his bold quest to keep the Administration honest? I'm glad to see a conservative Senator call the President down. Maybe people will pay a little more attention, instead of just writing it off as another radical maneuver to defame the Administration. With the support of the people and other congressional colleagues, maybe Senator Ervin can reinstate the Constitution's concept...
...Stefan Kanfer's Essay, "The Returned: A New Rip Van Winkle" [Feb. 19], was a deeply penetrating and moving emotional experience. It may have served as a guide to the new America for the P.O.W., But it also forced me to wonder what and where "home" really is in this country...
...Prince Obolensky is overlooking a pool of highly experienced and talented backgammon players in not hiring retired U.S. Navymen to accompany Playboy bunnies and teach backgammon to "the masses" [Feb. 19]. The Navy's variation of backgammon, acey-deucey, is played extensively on board ships at sea by crusty senior petty officers and chief petty officers. They've even been known to wager "small sums" on the game's outcome...
...While it is a tragedy that Senator Stennis was shot [Feb. 12], that is no reason for yet another clarion call for gun control. The same gun control that would supposedly remove guns from the hands of criminals would actually only take guns from honest citizens who, like Senator Stennis, are all too often at the mercy of criminals...