Word: going
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cleaver, there seems to be no way back to rational dissent. "Protests and demonstrations have exhausted themselves," he said. "The only response can be an escalation of violence itself. People who don't like that kind of talk go through long periods of reevaluation. But there's nothing to re-evaluate -except the choice of weapons...
...understandable ambivalence characterizes this particular species of anti-Americanism. The Vietnamese are at once grateful for and hostile to the U.S. presence, which has placed enormous strains on the fragile fabric of their society. They would like to see the ubiquitous Americans go home-but not before South Viet Nam is more firmly established than at present. They may find the Americans an irritant, but many would scourge them as bugouts if they withdraw too rapidly, leaving South Viet Nam to an uncertain fate. More than a year ago, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky voiced that duality when he said...
...astronauts will become the voice of the Astros," said the judge, as he announced that Haney would become the ball club's vice president for public affairs. Said Haney: "I understand there are three strikes and four balls. I'll learn the rest as I go. I was a part of the greatest show off the earth, and now I'm working for the greatest show on earth...
Meanwhile, court cases are carving new legal ground. Says Vermont Lawyer (and ex-Governor) Philip Hoff: "Business has learned that it can't go ahead, carte blanche, because it can be delayed for years by a lawyer committed to saving the environment." Adds E.D.F.'s Victor Yannacone: "Every piece of enlightened social legislation that has come down in the past 50 or 60 years has been preceded by a history of litigation. It is the highest use of the courtroom-even when we lose-to focus public attention and disseminate information about intolerable conditions...
...Barrymaine, 69, was also alone last Christmas. For him, the Kafkaesque nightmare began on a cold day in February 1968, shortly after the North Korean capture of the Pueblo. Barrymaine had gone to North Korea aboard a Polish freighter to cover the Pueblo story, but was denied permission to go ashore. In Shanghai a few days later aboard the same freighter, he did get a shore permit. Once on China's soil, he made the mistake of accepting his guide's invitation to photograph at will. When he snapped torpedo boats in the Shanghai river, he was arrested...