Word: honorably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle, the message was unusually blunt, if characteristically unhelpful. U.S. intervention in Viet Nam, he said, had rekindled war in Southeast Asia, and threatened world war. What America should do is withdraw from the battlefield now with honor, "an act of renouncing," he said, that would not "injure [the U.S.'s] pride, interfere with its ideals, or prejudice its interests." After all, France did the same thing in Algeria, he pointed out -but failed to mention that the Algerian war involved no alien aggression like Hanoi's. The U.S. would be all the more advised to quit Viet...
...century Manchu Emperor Kang Hsi was pulled down. Though he brought more territory under Chinese rule than anyone since Genghis Khan, Kang Hsi had also allowed Catholic priests into the country and had approved China's first treaty with Russia, thus forfeiting his right to a place of honor in Mao's new China...
...counted only about 500 kids gathered around the hotel v. 10,000 the year before, and the Beatles' trip to Shea Stadium by armored truck seemed dictated more by showmanship than necessity. True, two girls did threaten to jump off a Manhattan hotel roof in the Beatles' honor. But the girls were combing their hair while the crowds gathered, and it was taken as a sign of the times that they chose a 22nd-floor setback of the building and not the 50th floor. Clearly, Beatlemania has seen greater heights...
...homers a year to break Ruth's record. After his retirement there is another possibility. Mays is more than the Giants' captain; he is almost a god to his teammates, and the front office makes few moves without consulting him. If he ever wants to add another honor, as the major leagues' first Negro manager, it's a good bet that the job would...
...contrary, the lady's husband (Lando Buzzanca), a Sicilian yokel whose passion for honor is exceeded only by his lust for lucre, has hardly any difficulty deciding how much the honor of his bride (Maria Grazia Buccella) is worth. A few days later he discovers it was worth less than he thought. The police inform him that 1) the million-lira check has bounced, and 2) he will go to jail unless he can explain what he did to earn so much money...