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Word: killinger (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Viet Nam, of course, has been the principal and continuing source of public discontent. But other events have conspired to make the military seem incompetent and worse. Pueblo shocked the nation. The much-heralded F-lll fighter-bomber had to be grounded while its defects were investigated. A House subcommittee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE POLITICIAN AT THE PENTAGON | 8/29/1969 | See Source »

Heat of such intensity can come from only one source in Viet Nam-General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander. Why was Abrams reacting so strongly? Saigon's rumor mills have ground out at least three plausible theories: 1) The killing inflamed long-smoldering resentment between the military and the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: GREEN BERETS ON TRIAL | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

There have long been reports that the Green Berets also employ some dirty ways-if occasionally necessary ones. It is as easy to confirm such reports as it is to get the CIA to admit that it engages in spying on other countries. Nonetheless, the Special Forces have been accused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: An Embattled Badge of Courage | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

A Castellammarese who borrowed his ideas from Julius Caesar's military command, Maranzano laid down the patterns that still, with minor modifications, hold today. To stop the killing, said Maranzano, the gangs that then existed would henceforth be recognized as families, each with its own territorial limits. Heading each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: United by Oath and Blood | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

Over three Arab countries last week, Israeli jets struck with sudden and lethal fury. Following a series of guerrilla attacks launched from Jordan, including the mining of a military bus, Mirage and Skyhawk bombers breached the $85 million East Ghor irrigation canal, leaving the melon, banana and vegetable fields of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: Commanding the the Skies | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

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