Word: nams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite the agitation by S.D.S. and such issues as the Viet Nam war, campus ROTC and secret military research, all of which arouse white students, a large proportion of campus disorders now involve black students, or at least black causes. Some college administrators have grave doubts about the validity of the courses and policies demanded by black students, but many have rushed to introduce Afro-American studies and degrees and set up separate black dormitories and student centers in the hope of avoiding unnecessary confrontations...
...even before De Gaulle fell last week, the Franco-American freeze was thawing. The U.S. bombing halt in North Viet Nam, coupled with the opening of peace talks in Paris, eased one major cause of tension. De Gaulle's own position lost some of its majesty, both within and outside France, after the student riots a year ago and the autumn monetary crisis that almost forced devaluation of the franc. De Gaulle had courted the Soviet Union during a triumphal tour in 1966 and had implicitly excluded the U.S. from his often-stated vision of a Europe "united from...
...Nam" or "The Nam" is widely used by U.S. troops to refer to Viet Nam...
...south. In reply, South Korea maintains an armed force of 600,000, the world's fifth largest. Despite Seoul's complaints that its U.S.-supplied weapons are becoming increasingly outmoded, there is no doubt about the army's fighting spirit: the two ROK divisions in Viet Nam have compiled an impressive record. The army is backed up by the 2,500,000-man Homeland Reserve Force, formed last year and composed of army veterans who undergo intensive drills at least twice a week at their factories or offices. With the national police, the reserves share primary responsibility...
...alighted from a commercial airliner at El Toro Marine Air Station, Calif., the major's first words were, "I can hardly wait to see that baby of mine." The major was Charles Robb, just returned from a 13-month tour in Viet Nam and eager to join Wife Lynda Bird and six-month-old Lucinda Desha, whom he had never seen. Wearing an undecorated khaki uniform, Robb agreeably deflected newsmen's questions about his plans. "I've been ducking ambushes in Viet Nam for 13 months," he said, "and now you have to ambush me here...