Word: generalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Henry R. Roberts, President, Connecticut General Life Insurance...
George Russell, Vice Chairman, General Motors Corp...
More often than not, their queries were answered fully. In Saigon, the businessmen conferred with U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and General Creighton ("Abe") Abrams, commander of American forces in Viet Nam. As one businessman summed it up afterwards, Abrams "made no claims and promised no quick victories. He merely demonstrated that we were in control of the situation." South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu spoke with confidence about the war effort. Asked by one guest whether South Vietnamese troops would soon bear enough of the burden of fighting to allow American troops to go home, Thieu answered with emphatic brevity...
Arthur E. Larkin Jr., President, General Foods Corp...
THAT verdict of Italy's chief automaker, which followed a talk with Richard Nixon, may not have been very diplomatic. Nonetheless, it reflected the general-and generally relieved-impression of political leaders, businessmen and other prominent Europeans who sat down with the U.S. President during his eight-day tour. While Nixon was occasionally greeted by protesting demonstrators, there were many gratifying moments of spontaneity and warmth. Outside Claridge's hotel in London, when Nixon ventured a U.S.-campaign-style foray of handshaking, Mrs. Violet Reeve exclaimed: "Eee! You've got luvverly warm hands!" "That," replied Nixon...