Word: firsthand
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...months ago, while still studying in the U.S., I agreed with many Americans that America should stop the war and withdraw her troops from Viet Nam. Now, after coming back to Hong Kong and seeing at firsthand the Communist threat, which once nearly ruined this peaceful and free British colony, I changed my viewpoint completely. Most Americans never realize what other countries are going through under the influence of Communism. The war may take time, but after it is over, millions of Southeast Asians will appreciate the Americans for what they have done -while many Americans will be sitting...
...pained indeed at your arbitrary postponement of the event. September 15, 1950, was the only date within months when the enormous tides at Inchon, some 36 feet from ebb to flood, crested sufficiently to permit the landing to be made-successfully, as this former Marine can gratefully attest from firsthand experience...
Having lived 30 years in Watts, Watkins knew firsthand what was needed to lift the area from the mire of resentment and despair: first a hospital, next employment for the angry kids, then a start on badly needed adult payrolls. Watkins linked jobs with community improvement and got money to spend on all three projects. He also persuaded the Los Angeles city government to let him plant vegetable gardens along water-main rights of way in the widely ducted conurbation, putting farm-bred Southern migrants to work for pay at the only jobs they know well...
...special-delivery rebuttal to charges that South Viet Nam's presidential elections, which are scheduled for next week, have been rigged. As further proof of his good faith, Ky invited President Johnson to send some observers to South Viet Nam to witness the election process at firsthand. More than willing, Johnson announced at midweek that 20 Americans had been invited to go. The group includes six Senators and Governors, plus an assortment of mayors, labor and civil rights leaders, businessmen and clergymen. The harshest critic of Johnson's policies in Viet Nam-Arkansas' Senator J. William Fulbright...
...comfortable homes, and it's hard to conceive what it's like to live in a place like Viet Nam. But if our boys fighting there think it's that worthwhile after seeing it all firsthand, the least we can do is to add a few more tax dollars to support them...