Word: laird
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Carolina Democrat L. Mendel Rivers-have be gun to protest that privileged targets hamper the war effort. Richard Nixon called for stepped-up bombing of the North to prevent the U.S. from becoming "bogged down" in the ground war. G.O.P. House Leader Gerald Ford and Republican Conference Chairman Melvin Laird warned that Viet Nam would be a major issue in next year's congressional elections-as it should...
...letter he had received from the mother of a serviceman. He then de cided to hold his first press conference in a month on the very day the G.O.P. paper was to appear. Outmaneuvered, the Republicans, led by Michigan's Jerry Ford and Wisconsin's Melvin Laird, hastened publication of their humbler, mimeographed effort by a day, misnumbering the pages in the process...
...first time, U.S. Republicans were making ominous sounds. Said Wisconsin's Melvin Laird, ranking G.O.P. member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee: "We may be dangerously close to ending any Republican support of our present Viet Nam policy, because the American people do not know how far the Administration is prepared to go with large-scale use of ground forces in order to save face in Viet Nam." More importantly, said Laird, the G.O.P. might withdraw its backing of the U.S. commitment in Viet Nam if the President's real objective turned out to be merely "some sort...
...however, the English marched north under Edward II to make an end of the wild laird they called "King Hob"-the royal yokel. The armies met at Bannockburn, a village before Stirling Castle. In the opening skirmish, King Robert was caught alone in an open strath, by an English knight who leveled his lance and charged in for the kill. As the Scottish host stared stupefied, Bruce lightly eluded the lance and then brought his battle-axe down with such force that the English knight was split from skull to saddle...
Harvard entered an affirmative team of Danny J. Boggs '65, and Jack R. Norton '67, and a negative team of Frank White '66, and Laird C. Kirkpatrick '65, to debate the topic that "the enforcement of morals is no concern...