Word: nams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...painfully aware of these traits for some time. What I had not realized was the state of mind of these men. They have sacrificed improved Soviet-U.S. relations, dealt the antiwar faction in the U.S. a severe blow, lessened the chances for a peaceful end to the Viet Nam war, and even blackened themselves in the eyes of other Communists, all to smash a growth of freedom that was in no way a threat to Russia's security. The invasion was conceived in panic and carried out in hysteria. The hope for peaceful coexistence rested in the good...
...Senators McCarthy and McGovern state that our capacity to protest the events in Czechoslovakia has been weakened because of our involvement in Viet Nam. I suggest that besides withdrawing from Viet Nam, we could further strengthen our capacity to protest by withdrawing all U.S. forces from Europe and Asia. If our protests still prove to be ineffective in preventing more Czechoslovakias we could escalate our protesting capacity by unilateral disarmament...
...more deliberative than any in memory. The passionless play put on by the Republicans in Miami Beach, by comparison, was a mere ratification process. Admittedly, the presidential nomination was never in serious question last week. But the party did engage in a candid, spirited debate on the Viet Nam question, and 40% of the votes went for the relatively soft plank recommended by a minority of the Platform Committee: even some pro-Humphrey delegates voted against the Administration on this issue...
...that his next school would be an Eastern board ing school. Burt laughed in his father's face and disappeared for three weeks. When he returned, it was to announce his enlistment in the Marines. The fam ily now lives in Michigan. Burt is a pfc. in Viet Nam...
Oppenheimer's military judgment is hard to fault. A Marine reserve officer since World War II, when he led a battalion ashore at Okinawa, he was called up for Korea, returned last May from a combat tour in Viet Nam, and last month pinned on his brigadier general's stars...