Word: national
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...emphasis on peace. But one wonders why so many people only protested the U.S. involvement yet said not a whisper about Hanoi's atrocities past or present. Maybe, in order to balance the books a bit, there ought to be a second Moratorium Day showing support for this nation's attempts to secure an honorable and just peace...
Seeming contradictions abound in the American mood. Four-fifths of the nation profess to be "fed up and tired of the war"; yet half do not want to see the U.S. "cut and run" from Southeast Asia, and more than half believe the present pace of troop withdrawals is about right or too fast. Nearly half of the public would favor continued withdrawal even if it meant collapse of the Saigon government, and more than 40% feel that the country will probably go Communist despite U.S. efforts. Yet a majority still hope to preserve a non-Communist regime in Saigon...
Crack Down. Whether the Lebanese or the Al-Fatah guerrillas provoked the fighting is unclear. Certainly, the army has long been edgy. Last December, in retaliation for guerrilla actions elsewhere, Israeli commandos carried out a raid on Beirut airport. Lebanon's generals, humiliated that the nation lost 13 commercial airplanes without being able to strike back, were chafing to crack down on the guerrillas, who were moving across the countryside pretty much at will...
...Haven, the nation's fifth-ranked defense against rushing met the country's number-one runner, and the Bulldogs succeeded in halting Cornell's Ed Marinaro for a 17-0 Yale victory over...
...Penn and Harvard both have 7-0 records for the season and will clash this Saturday at Franklin Field in a match that should determine the Ivy title. According to this week's national collegiate soccer ratings, Harvard is ranked third in the nation while the same poll picked the Quakers as the country's fourth-best squad...