Word: planted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...having some effect. In the wake of the U.S. Marines' victory over four veteran Viet Cong battalions at Chu Lai, the guerrillas were lying low; in fact, they have initiated no action above battalion-size in eight weeks. North of the 17th parallel, U.S. planes plastered a power plant, rail lines and bridges...
Three days of repeated raids took out the Ban Thach hydroelectric plant 80 miles south of Hanoi. Since the plant was of obvious value to Ho Chi Minh's military organization, its destruction did not mean that the U.S. had decided to escalate the war further by attacking purely civilian targets. Its loss would be felt, however, by the civilians whose browned-out towns had depended on it for what little electricity was available for the area. "It's a way to make the North Viet Nam people know there's a war going on," said...
...Merrill's Marauders officer who is on loan from the Army to head the USOM refugee relief program, "the refugees must be kept busy." They elect their own councils to run the camps. Handicraft programs have begun in some places. If land is available, they are encouraged to plant short-term crops. The government is considering training some of them as social welfare workers. Some may end up as teachers to provide elementary education to other refugees' children...
Rising All Over. Very few economists expect an outbreak of inflation unless the Vietnamese war intensifies. The economic forces that create sweeping price rises have so far not converged. Supply is still ahead of demand, even though industrial plants are running close to 90% of capacity. Two further dampeners to runaway inflation: keen competition from foreign industries, and multiplying competitive pressures at home resulting from industry's vast outlays for new plant and equipment. Nonetheless, Washington has reason for concern. Despite the absence of concerted inflationary forces to date, the plain fact is that prices and wages are rising...
...itching to move for months, sensing that continued high demand and the pressures of the Vietnamese war give them good reason. Moreover, service jobs now account for more than 50% of U.S. employment-the first time that this has happened in any country. Such factors as capacity level and plant investment need not be considered in raising the price of services such as haircuts or dry cleaning, and labor costs in this area push through much faster to price boosts...