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Word: pileser (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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The piles of garbage that accumulated during the first two weeks after Tet have mercifully been cleared away, even so, Saigon remains the dirtiest city in Asia, and the marks of war further blotch the city's face. In the Chinese quarter of Cholon, the heaviest damaged area, only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Saigon Under Siege | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

Pulling in to defend the cities, the allies have been forced to cede large areas of the countryside to the Communists. Except for the largest population centers, for example, the rich Delta is now almost entirely in Viet Cong hands. There is not a Delta road safe to drive on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: On the Defensive | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

THE Citadel of Hue resembled nothing so much as the ruins of Monte Cassino after allied bombs had reduced it to rubble. An avalanche of bricks littered the streets and open spaces, and loose piles of masonry provided cover for both sides in the battle for the fortress. With every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: FIGHT FOR A CITADEL | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

NEW YORK Aftermath of the Garbage Battle As New York City sanitationmen attacked an Andean accumulation of garbage, a legion of critics-with considerably more enthusiasm-piled into Governor Nelson Rockefeller, the man who had ended the union's illegal nine-day strike. Both efforts succeeded. The pestilential piles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Aftermath of the Garbage Battle | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

For New York City's 8,000,000 ad versity-tempered citizens, the sanitation workers' strike was merely a nuisance at first. By the end of last week, it had turned into a genuine crisis. Nearly 100,000 tons of uncollected garbage lay in noisome heaps on sidewalks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Fragrant Days in Fun City | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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