Word: outfit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...quickly pulled Guinn out of the line, had him back home 24 hours later for a post-Thanksgiving reunion with his family, where Mrs. Guinn fainted. Johnny later said bitterly: "I don't feel we have any business being over there, and most of the fellows in my outfit feel the same way." The most painful impact of death, of course, is on the survivors, and Survivor John Guinn-who has already died once in Viet Nam-will probably not have to go back. After a 30-day leave he will be reassigned to Fort Bragg, N.C. Meanwhile, Quinn...
...Friendship and has nearly 1,000 volunteers from Russia and Eastern Europe at work. Last week it announced that it will raise its strength to 2,500 (v. the U.S. Peace Corps' 14,000). The boss of the Red Peace Corps is Bulgarian Ivan Ganev, who runs the outfit from a crumbling villa in Budapest...
...their troupe to Europe. They have been there ever since, touring 95 cities in four Volkswagen buses. In addition to nondelivery of scenery, the company has had to cope with censorship in Spain, riots in France, and fistfights in several Italian towns. This sort of mishap scarcely fazes an outfit that is run like a permissive kindergarten, calls itself an "Intentional Community" and has learned to move around Europe on a per-person bill for food, drink and cigarettes of less than...
Last Year's talented but indifferent squad has given way to a group of positive thinkers. Led by captain Harry Jergesen, the new outfit has the elan vital so notably absent in last year's team but lacks its experience and speed...
...promoter's point of view, the scheme is well-nigh perfect. So obvious are its charms that when a New Orleans bartender received a probing letter, he neither responded nor complained. He immediately went into the business himself. So did a Boston law student. The original U.S. outfit was apparently Legal Research Inc. in Newport Beach, Calif.; now it has at least 17 competitors, operating everywhere from London to Philadelphia. As for the addressees, even those who fully understand what the letter says may be tempted; $6 against an inheritance of thousands sounds like a good gamble. But, says...