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...major battle did occur at Khe Sanh-one that prevented the bloody hand-to-hand battle on the ground that many military men had anticipated. It was a battle of the air might of the U.S. against every stratagem that the besieging enemy could muster. Bombing the North Vietnamese with such precision that they were destroyed before they could ever launch their attack, the U.S. could justly claim a considerable victory at Khe Sanh without ever having committed its ground forces to the fray. Khe Sanh was, in fact, a landmark in the use of airpower in warfare-the first...
From their point of view, the reporters had reason to complain. The McCarthy organization could muster thousands of volunteers from throughout the nation to canvass Wisconsin voters for the Senator, but it often broke down when confronted with the more sophisticated parts of running a campaign, particularly the delicate job of managing the media...
...price system since British devaluation. Italy and Belgium, restive at the growing drain on their reserves, remained in the pool only at U.S. prodding. Timing the switch presented delicate problems. By waiting for repeal of a 1945 law requiring a 25% gold backing for the currency, the U.S. could muster another $10.4 billion of gold for the defense of the dollar abroad. By discomfitingly small margins, the measure squeaked through Congress just in time. Last week, as the scratch of President Johnson's pen abolished the gold cover, the depleted U.S. gold stock just equaled the required...
...charge of the government's anticorruption drive is Premier Nguyen Van Loc, a Saigon lawyer with no administrative experience, no political base of his own-and a Cabinet under him teeming with powerful generals. So weak is Loc's position that the truculent National Assembly, unable to muster enough votes to attack Thieu directly, was narrowly persuaded last week to drop a no-confidence vote against Loc. Still, on Loc's orders, Vietnamese courts have tried 32 South Viet namese servicemen and eight civilians on charges of embezzlement of government funds, bribery and associated crimes. All have...
...official announcement of support, attending a fund-raising banquet for Samudio and writing a letter recommending Samudio's presidential candidacy to his Liberal Party directorate. Since the coalition under which he has ruled for four years had fragmented in preparation for the elections, Robles was able to muster only 12 votes in the 42-seat National Assembly...