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Nixon has not said so, but it is plain that he does not believe in the Viet Nam war and that he wants to get out just as quickly as possible. His reaction to the Communists' spring offensive was to wait it out calmly. Washington meanwhile has succeeded in maneuvering the Saigon government into a more tractable position vis a vis the National Liberation Front-a necessary shift if negotiations in Paris are ever to succeed. Despite Nixon's denial last week of firm plans to reduce the U.S. troop level in Viet Nam, no one would...
...appreciated your direct and plain statement about the intent of the overwhelming Faculty vote of April 17 in your editorial of April...
Only a year ago, Wisconsin's Senator Gaylord Nelson said in a moment of frustration: "We all know that the two biggest words in the English language are 'national defense.' If you just shout them loud enough, you are in the clear. It is just plain unpatriotic to question any appropriation for national defense. Defense against what? It does not matter. Just utter the magic words." Nelson's complaint was not considered much of an exaggeration ?only a year ago. Now, suddenly, the words seem to have lost their magic. Now another Senator notes that wherever he goes...
...smaller second motor-a plain steam turbine-will power the car's auxiliary systems and cut the time required to fire the boiler to 15 seconds or so. Although Lear's car has not been road tested (the auxiliary motor is not completed), the main power plant has been "run in," and Lear claims that it can generate up to 500 h.p. More important, since the fuel used to fire the boiler is burned rather than exploded (as it is in a gas engine) the car will leave practically no products of incomplete combustion behind to pollute...
Over the great Gromboolian plain...