Word: halt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...began 51 months ago, there seemed to be genuine evidence of a breakthrough toward peace. Rumors of the initiative roiled through capitals from Canberra to London. The word was that Lyndon Johnson, in the last three months of his presidency, was on the. verge of ordering a complete bombing halt over North Viet Nam. At week's end, Johnson had still made no overt move, and U.S. planes continued to range over the northern panhandle. Nonetheless, it seemed possible that, for once, both sides might be prepared to make the first crucial concessions that could breathe new life into...
...time, but just when depended principally on two men: North Viet Nam's President Ho Chi Minh and Lyndon Johnson. On the other hand, if the present initiative should prove fruitless, Johnson could continue through the end of his term without uttering another word about a bombing halt. Still, he must find it tantalizing to think of the impact he could create, on his way out of the White House, by making a major move to end the Viet...
Lashed to a Halt. Bunting was ordered, signs made, mikes arranged, reception committees organized. Then the dragon's tail effect lashed out. On the morning before Humphrey was to arrive, Murphy got a call from Detroit. Humphrey had helped the cause too long and well at a discotheque fund-raising féte the night before in Manhattan. His doctor-mentor, Edgar Berman, had prescribed a good night's sleep. Humphrey would spend the night in Detroit. There went the schedule: scores of hotel rooms, the airport greeting, even the suburban housewives waiting for their chat. What about...
...Bottom, the odds favor Douglas Dillon, who would have been Secretary of State in 1960 had Nixon won. Scranton might then become Ambassador to the United Nations. McGeorge Bundy, a Republican who served both Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, was once considered for State, but his call for a bombing halt hurt his chances because Nixon's camp felt that he was lifting a trial balloon for Lyndon Johnson...
Early yesterday morning, police managed to peacefully remove the students from Sproul Hall. A physics professor and 120 students who refused to halt the sit-in were arrested...