Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...said to myself, "Marty, in no way whatsoever will you let yourself be affected by the new coeds." Thus when Mr. Nixon rephrased my sentiments in regard to the Oct. 15 Moratorium, I could sympathize with him. But demonstrations, like girls, have their own particular warmth and, I might add, their own effect. It's going to be a long year for both of us, Mr. President...
Perhaps it follows that we are also too dull-witted to comprehend his subtle disappointment that Nixon's troubles "have been modest in scale"-no Bay of Pigs, no Cuban missile confrontation, no Tet offensive, no major domestic riots. We "middle Americans" might just like the "mood of calm" Mr. Nixon has evoked...
...daily B-52 raids, already reduced. He will probably go ahead with a third stage of troop withdrawals, perhaps raising the total cutback for this year to the nice round figure of 100,000. The annual truce season of Christmas, New Year's and Tet is approaching; Nixon might offer a more extensive truce than has been customary, which, in effect, would be backing into an experimental ceasefire...
...speech on the New Haven green, Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr.?who joined Mayor Richard Lee in offering a five-point disengagement plan two weeks ago?warned of another danger to America: "Let us admit that the retreat of our power in the face of a persistent enemy might invite other aggressors to doubt?and doubting, to test ?our will to help keep the peace, in Europe, in the Middle East, in Asia. Let us say simply and proudly that our ability to keep the peace also requires above all that America once again become a symbol...
Later she reflected: "When I went to that meeting this morning, I believe that I was emotionally committed. Now it is more than that. I've enlisted." How would she serve? "I really don't know what we might do next. I just can't tell. We are not the sort of people who picket and hand out pamphlets. But I do think we might have some of the people who spoke this morning over to our home. I'd like to have some of our neighbors in to hear them talk...