Word: missions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dearly won in American lives the week before, Ap Bia Mountain was abandoned last week by troopers of the 101st Airborne Division. Their aim, as always in the long war, had been not to seize ground but to disperse or destroy their enemies. Mission accomplished, they moved on to resume their sweep through jungled A Shau Valley, searching for Communist troops and stores. But the battle for Hamburger Hill, as G.I.s had christened Ap Bia while taking casualties of 84 dead and 480 wounded, continued to be refought far from A Shau...
Unpromising Beginning. The first acts of the new regime, however, indicated that the ultimate reform of the Sudan is probably farther off than ever. The government promptly recognized East Germany on the basis of East Berlin's opposition to Israel, and announced its intention of sending a mission to Moscow to seek arms. At home, the new rulers hinted at nationalizing "local capital with imperialist connections," which could only sound ominous to the owners of Sudan's British Petroleum, Shell and Mobil oil interests. The military character of the regime, moreover, probably also means a stepped-up campaign...
...bring no new program, no easy remedies or simple slogans. From this mission may result new U.S. policies, but this mission does not bring them with it. Let us talk frankly about what is bad and what is good, of hard realities, not only of pleasant things...
Increased government funding requires increased vigilance. The faculty and the university administration may have to work more actively at educating government agencies and private donors. Both groups must continue to understand the importance of providing funds for scholarship that is neither mission-oriented nor politically motivated...
Textiles. Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans reported on his mission to goad Asian trading partners, chiefly Japan, into restraining their textile exports. The outcome: no deal. Japan sends nearly $400 million worth of textiles yearly to the U.S., and this has sorely hurt whole towns in the South. They live off their textile mills, which employ many unskilled Negroes...