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When that might happen is anybody's guess. A mild monarchy under the rule of the figurehead King Bhumibol Andulydej, Thailand is less notable for its democratic tradition than for its periodic military putsches and bottomless corruption. Yet at the height of the Viet Nam War, the U.S. shipped squadrons of bombers and some 50,000 troops to this California-size land, making it a fortress of American power. As the war in neighboring Indochina began to wind down, riotous Bangkok students overthrew Dictator Thanom Kit-tikachorn in 1973 and ushered in a neutralist government that requested U.S. withdrawal...
...running debate this week has centered around the physical outlook for the Big Green, which may or may not be serious depending on whom you consult. Inside reports from Hanover have star fullback Curt Oberg on the questionable starter list, having suffered a mild shoulder separation in last week's game with Yale. Responding to the reports, Restic harkens back to 1974 when a supposedly injured Tom Fleming ran wild at the Stadium in Dartmouth's 24-18 victory...
...which did not make up its mind to allow Anchor Man Harry Reasoner to quote Carter in full until 15 minutes before that network's Evening News went on the air. At CBS, Walter Cronkite grandpaternally refrained, saying only that Carter used "words mild for Playboy but perhaps a little racy for Sunday school...
...paper found all the "screws" unfit to print, reporting only that Carter had "used a vulgarism for sexual relations." That tasteful ambiguity led many readers to wonder whether Carter had employed an even worse vulgarism, and the Times next day was more specific: "a common but mild vulgarism for sexual intercourse." Explained Managing Editor A.M. Rosenthal: "It was simply a matter of taste and style, our taste and style. It has been our policy not to use obscenities in the paper. It's a harmless little eccentricity of ours...
...neighborhoods. Blacks hold important jobs. They are heads of agencies, live in exclusive neighborhoods, get elected to judgeships and the legislature. To say that maids and yardmen are vanishing would be trite. About the only thing that has not changed is the weather-still beastly hot in summer and mild in winter...