Word: paired
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...electorate of this mighty nation is left homeless, then, by such a pair of nominees. It knows not where to turn. Our people are in a great dilemma, and there is no corner of the country which you may visit today where you do not feel this profoundly. We stare fascinated at the forces that have produced such a sterile choice for us: frustration and a federation of hostilities in one party; and in the other, behind a goodly façade, only a cynical manipulation of power...
...President flew first to Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., plunged into a crowd of 7,000 for some handshaking, accepted a pair of beaded moccasins (size 10-but he's size 12) from a group of Indians, was so caught up in it all that he nearly missed the arrival of Canada's Pearson...
...days abroad, had been refitted with special communications equipment, furniture from the French National Museums, and paintings by Rouault and Utrillo. In Buenos Aires a French-born cabinetmaker put the finishing touches on a 7-ft. 2-in. bed, while in Rio de Janeiro carpenters readied a pair of chairs that would hopefully diminish the undiplomatic disparity in height between Brazilian President Humberto Castello Branco (5 ft. 5 in.) and his 6-ft. 4-in. visitor...
...Rescue. The revolt was short lived, and what put Phat in the fire was simply bad organization. His was one of two groups that had been plotting a coup and, of the pair, the least likely to succeed. Composed largely of Roman Catholic "outs," Phat's men were strong in their denunciation of Khanh as a "traitor" but weak on rallying tactical military support. Phat's only triumph lay in convincing Major General Duong Van Due to send elements of his Mekong Delta-based IV Corps north to Saigon. Ironically, Due thought he was joining another coup-that...
When he realized that Phat's "coupette" had failed, he quickly sent his U.S.-built jets circling low over the capital to threaten the rebels. Meanwhile, a pair of C-47s (lent to him by the U.S. Air Force) whipped down to Cap St. Jacques, where two companies of South Vietnamese marines loyal to Khanh were waiting. Several battalions of loyal army troops were also ferried into Saigon, and the coup quickly dissolved...