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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heroic, disciplined and devoted as at present, but they were then subjected to official, systematic insult, discrimination, humiliation and frameups in efforts to discredit them. Thanks to the pioneer work of President Harry S Truman, segregation in the armed forces has been virtually eliminated, and the Negro, in the main, has been accepted on the same basis as other fighting men. As a result, the U.S. military establishment is now, ironically, the most democratic institution in American life, which accounts for the widespread support the military receives from the Negro community despite frantic efforts to subvert such support...
...during the past year has had long interviews with Egypt's President Nasser, Jordan's King Hussein, Saudi Arabia's King Feisal and the Shah of Iran. Working out of Beirut, Griggs was able to cover the week's events in Jordan and Syria. "The main trouble is knowing whom to believe," says Griggs. "Everyone has an angle and facts are relative at best. Fortunately, after nearly three years here, I have been able to establish a certain reliability index...
With her great long-range guns, the New Jersey could take over some of the heavily defended targets in North Viet Nam that have proved so costly to airmen. She could harass at will the North's main north-south highway, Route 1, which runs along the coast. And she could provide devastating ground support for Marine operations around the Demilitarized Zone. Though it may cost as much as $25 million and take about a year to modernize the New Jersey, chances are good that the thunder of the battlewagons will be heard once more...
They march on their soles up Main Street: white stripes, moonstruck eyes' red fire under the chalk-dry and spar spire of the Trinitarian Church...
...mandarins and the court magistrates were mostly chosen through an examination system in which the candidates competed at three main levels. After the local examinations, successful candidates would be allowed to take the district examination, the regional examination, and the palace examination respectively. Candidates who passed all the exams would be called the tien si and would be appointed as high magistrates or court mandarins. Those who passed the exams on the lower levels would be appointed to less important jobs. There were many successful candidates who, instead of working for the court, went back to their respective villages...