Word: heard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Heartland. The great Communist force that was thought to be in the area never materialized. The Communists could have heard of the as sault's imminence through an intelligence breach, could have been expecting a U.S. drive in that area anyway, or could simply have decamped when the first bombers appeared. "If we get in there and don't kill anybody and don't find anything, it will be embarrassing," said Lieut. General Jonathan O. Seaman, commander of the operation, expressing disappointment at the first results. "Sometimes knowing what isn't there can be valuable...
...pickup point, the Marines fanned out in a protective arc. Fall was walking slowly along the edge of a dirt road talking with a combat photographer when his boot came down in a high clump of grass. The Marines saw his body lift into the air even before they heard the explosion. Though a Marine patrol had passed safely through the area only seconds before, Fall's boot had come upon a buried land mine left by the Viet Cong. Badly maimed by shrapnel, Fall sank to the ground, was dead within two minutes. The photographer died with...
Frequent Critic. A provocative commentator who loved to argue his viewpoints-and sometimes irritated others by pushing them too aggressively-Fall was respected for his courage and knowledge even by those who disagreed with him. Established in the front rank of Viet Nam experts, he was heard-if not always heeded-by official Washington, and frequently lectured at the National War College. A difficult and sometimes irascible man, he could not abide experts who did not do their homework, or those who saw the complicated struggle in black and white. He disdained anyone who pontificated about the war without getting...
Dean Watson, chairman of the Faculty Committee on Athletics, said last night that he had not heard of the proposal, and so preferred to withhold comment...
...Business School programs. Most professors at Harvard are no farther than one person removed from the policy-makers; if they don't know the politician themselves, then at least they know someone who knows them. But at other colleges, such as Berkeley "you have to yell to be heard in Washington...