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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...still hold vast chunks of South Vietnamese real estate. Thanks to an infiltration rate still running at an all-time high of 1,000 men a month from the north, the Communists have actually managed to increase their strength, now have in South Viet Nam an estimated 65,000 main-force and regional troops, 80,000 to 100,000 guerrillas, and perhaps 40,000 fellow travelers in logistical and political cadres...
Leverett, Winthrop and Kirkland Houses are the main contenders for the league title. They are all strong and experienced, and any one of them could come...
...discounter has forced out a few of the smaller booksellers, but his main effect on the others has been to convince them that the key to survival is more attractive stores, better service and larger selections. A New York University survey showed that eight out of ten regular book buyers would rather pay list price in a regular bookshop than go to a discounter for the sake of the markdown. Many buyers go into a store with only a vague idea of what they want, need attentive salesmen (all too rare) to guide them to their choice. "Give me five...
...solved all its economic problems, but so many of them have been brought under control-inflation, an antiquated capital market, wide currency fluctuations-that money frightened off a few years back is once more flowing into the country. The flow is being hastened by Planning Minister Roberto Campos, the main architect of Brazil's economic resurgence, who likes to take potential investors out on a yacht in Rio de Janeiro Bay, when sun and sea have weakened their resistance, press upon them the advantages of investing in Brazil. It seems to work...
Crawfordville, Georgia, is an easy town to miss. On a road map, it is only a tiny bubble on the main road from Augusta to Atlanta. Travelers by the dozens pass through the town every day without knowing its name--and without caring...