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...President perpetuated a popular misconception. The hero of the 1958 novel is physically ugly but is the only "good" American among a host of inept blunderers working abroad for the Government...
...unable to dislodge them from the hills above Mobile Group 13's escape route. With the help of several defecting neutralist battalions, the Reds smashed their way through Kong Le's headquarters at Muong Phanh, and turned to head for the Mekong River. A courageous but often inept commander, Kong Le fell back with his battered troops to Ban Na, on the southwestern edge of the plain. He managed to salvage ten tanks, but lost nine armored cars and four antiaircraft guns. All week long, small parties of neutralist troops made their way back through the hills...
While admittedly impressive, the list is little cause for comfort. All the men indicted, save Public Safety Commissioner Frank Giles, are still in office, doing business as usual. Speaker Thompson has flatly refused to resign, saying it will prejudice his case in court. Efforts by the inept GOP minority in the House to unseat him have failed, and for the moment anyway, Thompson, instead of being in irons, is still the Iron Duke of Ludlow...
Village Key. Stunned observers are unable to account for Hoaimy's energy. The answers are not simple and cannot yet be precise. Hoaimy is a singularly cohesive community, and was occupied by a singularly inept Viet Cong detachment. Truong is an exceptionally good district chief who lived and worked alongside the villagers, and the government troops made clear this time that they really meant business...
...CRIMSON'S powerful diamond aggregation last Saturday lifted the lid on its 1964 softball season by applying a heavy coat of shellack on the eager but inept refugees from the offices of the Year-book...