Word: letting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Still, the roots of the Johnson-Kennedy antagonism go deep, and many Democrats anticipate that sooner or later the President will do something to prop up Humphrey. For the time being, Johnson is determined not to let partisan politicking dilute his withdrawal gesture and thereby diminish his effectiveness as a negotiator with Hanoi. "When the time comes to take an active part," he told newsmen after his speech, "I will make my announcement. I don't want to get into that...
Cordial Confrontation. He avoided partisan politics, despite rising pressures to endorse Hubert Humphrey. Said Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield after a breakfast meeting: "I think he will keep hands off and let the Democratic Convention decide...
Whether these events will loom large in history, or will fade along with all the previous false starts towards peace, may not be known for weeks to come. Not even negotiations on the main issues of the conflict are assured, let alone a successful outcome. On the other hand, said the President, "it could lead to another positive step and another positive step and another positive step that might end this terrible...
First Blood. When the lead units of Pegasus were within a mile of Khe Sanh's perimeter, they halted to let the Air Cav's rocket-firing helicopters pound away at North Vietnamese gunners still dug into surrounding hills. Once the guns were silenced, Air Cavalrymen were lifted in to seize the high ground around the base. But the Marines inside Khe Sanh drew first blood in that mission. Breaking out of their own perimeter for the first time since the siege began, they stormed and took Hill 471, two miles from their base...
...woods south of Prague, an empty bottle of cheap wine at his feet. On an island in the Vltava River, more than 3,000 people imprisoned and tortured when the Communists first came to power met to praise Dubček and unfurl a white banner that read: "Never let it happen again...