Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Undoubtedly, history's judgment of Westmoreland's generalship will depend in large measure on the outcome of the expected Khe Sanh battle. Some critics feel that defending the remote outpost is a foolish gamble that heavily favors the Communists. "Why fight at Khe Sanh at all?" asks French General André Beaufre, who served for five years in Indo-China. "Logistically, the fight favors the North Vietnamese. You have allowed them once again to choose the time and place of battle...
...turned serious for a continent-by-continent review of U.S. policy. On Viet Nam, Nixon nimbly sidestepped the thorny question of what should be done about the problem now, and simply insisted: "We must prevent confrontations like that in Viet Nam. We must help people in the free world fight against aggression, but not do their fighting for them...
Ultimatum. By the weekend, the fight was clearly lost. Parts of the city were reeking, and Lindsay could do nothing except stand on principle. At the end of the strike's ninth day, Rockefeller announced a settlement that was really an ultimatum to Lindsay. The union agreed to send its men back to work immediately in exchange for the $425 pay raise that Lindsay had earlier rejected. The city would either agree to pay it or the state, by means of a special measure that Rockefeller will request of the legislature this week, would assume temporary control...
...valid explanation, for honest justification of U.S. actions. But as Lyndon Johnson continues to seek a consensus of approval, he remains a prisoner of critics who are often capricious. Many of the same people who urged Franklin Roosevelt to come to the aid of the Spanish Republic and fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War now call for a retreat from a fight against Communism in Viet Nam. One of their reasons: it is a civil war. Some of the loudest dissenters from any U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia were the most militant interventionists when the Arab-Israeli...
...then led the fight for state assumption of welfare costs, that was originally supposed to be paid for by the sales tax; apparently that money wasn't forthcoming. I pushed that bill through the legislature and with an assist from Mayor-elect White, Speaker Davoren, Majority Leader Bob Quinn, and the Governor, they have now set about funding it. That's a very important piece of legislation for Boston. Admittedly it benefits Boston more than some of the more affluent communities, but that is proper. The distribution procedure now will pay some attention to need. That's the third part...