Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Viet Nam, make Greenway think he would like to go hunting there some day "if the war ever ends." And he some times muses on the fact that his father, an ornithologist, made several field trips to Indo-China 30 years ago. "Here I am, covering the same ground he covered then...
...attacks. In one 18-day stretch, the Communists launched four harassing ground attacks against Con Thien...
...fortifications from crumbling. Within three days last month, 18 inches of rain poured down on Con Thien, caving in foxholes. Continuing rains and Communist pressure last week closed the resupply route from Cam Lo-at a time when most of the CH-46 choppers used to airlift material were grounded for defective tail assemblies. The low monsoon clouds will hinder U.S. air strikes, but the rain will also cause problems for the Communists. "We'll have a better opportunity to catch the enemy on higher ground, where he has to bring his weapons and be careful where he stores...
Within the privacy of his White House office, the President assiduously searched for some common ground with his critics. One evening he played host to a dozen Democratic Senators, ten of whom face re-election next year. Among them were some of his harshest opponents on the war, but Johnson was eminently conciliatory, assuring them that he bore no grudges and wanted to do all he could to help them win reelection...
...continuing the bombing, from the point of view of both hawk and dove, is a senseless policy. Let the President stop the bombing. Let him call Hanoi's bluff--if it is a bluff. Should Hanoi then refuse to negotiate, the President's bothersome dove critics will have no ground to stand on, and he will have every justification for "bombing the North into a parking lot" as California's Governor Ronald Reagan puts...