Word: line
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Englishmen who fought at Ypres and the Somme carried the Oxford Book of English Verse in their haversacks; such literary brigades in the trenches would find their minds chiming with a line of Keats, or William Dunbar's Timor Mortis Conturbat Me. The Americans in Viet Nam usually packed more kinetic cultural effects. Images given them over the years by movies and television would sometimes unreel in their brains as they moved toward a tree line or a Vietnamese village, and in bizarre synaptic flips between reality and pictures, they would see themselves for an instant as, say, Audie...
...seems to have become more cautious and considered in international politics as a result of Viet Nam. Allies, especially in Western Europe, have adopted a somewhat schizophrenic line toward the U.S., first condemning its Viet Nam War policies as obnoxiously aggressive, now worrying its policies elsewhere are contemptibly weak. Says former Under Secretary of State George Ball: "Rather than snickering at America's alleged impuissance, our allies should rejoice that we have now achieved the maturity they accused us of lacking during our Viet Nam adventure...
Another three-year veteran, senior Paul Templeton, echoes Gardiner's warnings. "It's all on the line for them here. If they lose, the season's just about over for them...
...hope students will show a commitment to either or both issues on Monday, not merely by boycotting their classes, but by actively joining the picket line...
Boston police yesterday arrested three persons for disorderly conduct after they allegedly tried to block a truck from crossing a picket line erected by striking Boston University (B.U.) clerical workers and librarians...