Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...disenchantment that M-day incarnates is a political reality, and it is partly of his own making. He campaigned on the promise that he had a plan to end the war, a promise that contributed to his narrow victory. Once it became clear that under the inevitable ground rules the U.S. was incapable of winning a military victory in Viet Nam ?a fact that Nixon has admitted?the North in effect lost all incentive to go for a compromise. Thus, Nixon now seems to have raised false hopes, and this week's Moratorium may be only the beginning...
...called for "an irrevocable decision to remove our ground combat forces as soon as possible, but no later than one year from now, and our air and support troops promptly thereafter, but no later than...
Preceding the end of the hour-long vigil, Elmer H. Brown of the Cambridge Friends Meeting asked the crowd to extinguish their candles in the ground and stand for a brief silent vigil. As the smoke rose into the air, Bishop Thomas J. Riley gave the benediction...
...reformed" to take the pressure off troublesome college students. In time the policy of phased reductions might actually reduce the troop commitment in Vietnam to 200,000 men or even fewer. The military command in Vietnam may be able to substitute even heavier air strikes for the costly ground operations that have sent so many young men back to the United States in wooden boxes. At home, non-Vietnam military spending is already being pared down in what could develop into a new effort to show that the Federal Government can produce both guns and butter...
Largely to counter the charters, IATA members approved a new low-priced "bulk fare" for groups of 40 or more passengers, each of whom agrees to pay at least $100 for ground accommodations. The plan is scheduled to become effective on Nov. 1, even though some airline executives think that it does not go far enough to simplify and reduce fares...