Word: irregulars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Westmoreland contends that there was neither conspiracy nor deceit regarding the estimates. Washington officials, he insists, were well aware of a debate between the CIA and military analysts over whether the enemy's "irregular self-defense" supporters should be included in the figures. The defeats suffered by North Viet Nam during the Tet offensive of early 1968, Westmoreland claims, vindicate his command's method of reporting enemy strength. In an internal investigation six months later, conducted after TV Guide had published a cover story on the show titled "Anatomy of a Smear," a CBS official concluded that...
Handsome wood-and-brick bungalows describe an irregular horseshoe around the house now, and the people who live in them are older than the cliched older than the hills. The place has become a retirement community. The house, now employed as guest quarters for the residents' progeny-those who care to call-occupies the middle ground. It is a serene setup. What is more, the care is so fine that the death rate is remarkably low-so low the administrators reckon that today's applicant for admission will have to wait eight to ten years (by which time...
...unexpected precision and esprit. A tall veteran played Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. As they marched along, other veterans left the sidewalks and joined them. Eventually, there were about 300, most of them members of the Vietnam Veterans of America. They were dressed in something like the raggedy irregular's garb they had worn in the field, festooned with badges and other ornaments, some wearing beards and mustaches. It was an affecting spectacle, but it irritated some other Viet Nam veterans who watched from the sidelines. For them, the ragtag " brigade unfairly reinforced the image of losers or outcasts...
...much better as a dancer. Her timing and placement are precise, and she uses her body with humor (sitting on the floor and wiggling backward out of a cancan skirt), sexual invitation (in the bumps and grinds of a vulgar parody of some black choreography), and grace (in the irregular, Twyla Tharpish movements created for her by Director-Choreographer Alan Johnston). She highlights the dances' meaning with a panoply of facial expressions: she may be the best mugger since Lucille Ball...
...Irregular schedules, constant travel across time zones and other forms of stress have been known to lower the defenses of the body's immune system against bacteria and viruses. What is more, says Psychiatrist Charles F. Stroebel, director of Connecticut's Institute for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Medicine, the Democratic candidates, pushed to their limits for months, could experience "significant emotional and physical problems with the letdown after the campaign." This "after-the-battle phenomenon," as Stroebel calls it, "has been widely observed in terms of how stress makes us sick." But politicians are tough, and the current...