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...Vietnamese nationalist suspicious of his huge Chinese neighbor--an "Asian Tito." Had the pro-Ho factions in the CIA and State Department persuaded Eisenhower to compel South Vietnam to hold a reunification referendum in 1956--despite rampant McCarthyism in the U.S.--Ho would surely have won. While Ike would have taken some political heat, a newly reunited Vietnam backed by American power would have quickly asserted its independence from Beijing. With no war to fight in Southeast Asia, Lyndon Johnson would have concentrated his money and effort on Great Society programs and served out 2 1/2 terms in the White...
...parents met at an Ike and Tina Turnerconcert at the University of Georgia--it'simportant," Hughes said. "General college sociallife is missing at Harvard...
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...need a T-Bird or an "I Like Ike" button to enjoy that classic American institution of the fifties: the drugstore soda fountain. According to local fountain proprietor Phylis E. Madanian, you can find one of only three operating Massachusetts soda fountains around the corner from the Square on Brattle Street...
...back then," the Spinmaster explained, "those jokes were never told in public. In the '50s topical humor was Bob Hope joking about Ike's golf swing. With Kennedy, it was Vaughn Meader and The First Family--incredibly gentle, friendly jokes...