Word: itness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sir: After reading, in one issue of TIME, about Calley, Medina, Mrs. John Mitchell and this week's TV programs, let me be the first to nominate myself as Man of the Year, for having the wherewithal to put up with it all.
Sir: Is it possible that everyone who has been in Viet Nam, or knows someone who has, knows of atrocities like those of My Lai?
Sir: I am somewhat amazed at the naivete of Americans when it comes to fighting, killing, and war. They seem to have this idea that women and children are holy, pure and innocent, and are incapable of killing as men do. Nothing like a bottle of Coke half filled with...
Sir: How is it possible to wage a humane war? Is there a nice way to slaughter people? Can one be disemboweled or blown to bits in a benevolent and kind manner? So long as people allow themselves to be involved in wars, just so long will there be atrocities...
Breslin's side-of-the-mouth humor proceeds from flat understatement followed immediately by clarifying overstatement: "Raymond the Wolf passed away in his sleep one night from natural causes; his heart stopped beating when the three men who slipped into his bedroom stuck knives in it." Occasionally he offers...