Word: lashings
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...last time McNamara was in Viet Nam, the U.S. had 180,000 men in the country and was just beginning to untangle the logistical lash-ups caused by the unprecedentedly swift buildup. This week he will find a force of 320,000 men who, in the eleven months that have intervened since his seventh visit, have kept the Reds from winning a single major battle, have 'discouraged them from mounting any attack in battalion strength or greater since March, and are finding that the badly hurt guerrillas are ever more willing to surrender. Seldom, if ever, have the Communist...
...came from 24 high-flying B-52s guided in from Guam by "sky spot" radar controllers on the ground. Within five minutes after the last bomb had burst, G.I.s were swarming over the ridge-or what was left of it. The scattered pockets of resistance that had survived the lash of destruction were soon wiped...
...must the seats in commercial aircraft face forward? Why not let the seat absorb the "front lash" and the seat belt keep us in place if we must crash...
Long Day's Journey is h harsh play. But it is also a play of love and understanding. The characters slip into each other's failings as often as they lash at each other. The harshness is inherent in any four-hour production, but must never drown out O'Neill's forgiveness. Ginn has let the forgiveness fend for itself. Even the lighting and makeup are too harsh...
...Herald Tribune and the Sun day Journal. Its editor will be Herbert Kamm, 48, now managing editor of the Telegram and a member of its staff since 1943. While the Hearst-Howard weekday mix strikes most observers as workable enough, there is no lack of skepticism about the Sunday lash-up. Jock Whitney and Bill Hearst may not fit comfortably into the same paper. All the publishers will admit is that they plan to keep the Trib's popular Sunday supplements: Book Week and the New York Magazine. The daily Trib will continue to be edited by Jim Bellows...