Word: option
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have been taken almost in desperation because the preceding step had failed to check the crumbling of the South Vietnamese government and its troops?and despite frequently expressed doubts that the next move would be much more effective. Yet the bureaucracy, the Pentagon papers indicate, always demanded new options; each option was to apply more force. Each tightening of the screw created a position that must be defended; once committed, the military pressure must be maintained. A pause, it was argued, would reveal lack of resolve, embolden the Communists and further demoralize the South Vietnamese. Almost no one said: "Wait?...
...students had stepped forward to take their places on the panel: those Houses charged with selecting students to replace the retiring members had simply failed to do so. Any ballot for CRR membership also allowed students to vote against sending any representative at all, and the majority chose this option...
...basic changes in accepted American channels of production are obvious: the failure of the film studios even as managerial or financial systems made the option of sale to large conglomerates irresistible. United Artists went to Transamerica, Warner-Seven Arts to Kinney Services, "Nixon-Paramount" to Gulf and Western...
...House will have the option to increase their meal pools by charging resident tutors room rent. Each Master will determine whether to charge rent to tutors and, if rent is imposed, how much...
Under the original recommendation, the council had the option of choosing four additional student members to "represent organized and identifiable student groups...