Word: giving
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...real military victory was also rendered impossible, General Creighton Abrams is known to believe, as long as enemy troops could flee across the border to Laos and Cambodia and not be hunted down. These sanctuaries give a badly battered enemy time to recover. Although some exceptions have been made, official U.S. policy forbids pursuit across these borders...
...first time, Pakistan will operate under the one-man, one-vote rule. The chief result will be to give populous but impoverished East Pakistan greater power-this despite the fact that Yahya is a West Pakistani and his province has been predominant in the past. The move, he explained, was "a basic requirement of any democratic form of government...
...have it.' When I was laid out in the terrazza, I told them again, 'I am going to have a baby. Be careful of my stomach, please.' But they do not care at all about my stomach. Mallios [an interrogator] ordered Spanos [a security agent] to give me 15 falanga [whacks on the feet...
...three-stroke lead over Nicklaus in the opening round and maintained that edge during the next two days. Although Palmer slipped to a 74 in the final round, Nicklaus did even worse-four bogeys on the last nine to run up a 75 for the round and give Palmer his 69th professional victory...
...lanky six-footer who is constantly behind schedule and late for appointments, Nader can be painfully shy among strangers. When asked to give his name in hotels and on planes, he often tries to avoid recognition and replies, "Nader, initial R." He even keeps his birthday secret lest admirers send him cakes or other gifts. His driving intensity about work can sometimes trap him into hasty accusations. When economists in the Johnson Administration once met with auto industry leaders in an effort to win voluntary price restraint, Nader was too quick to accuse the Administration of "acquiescing" to Detroit...