Word: preventing
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Bundy replied with what one student called a "nineteenth century British balance of power philosophy." He said the U.S. was helping to prevent a third world war by stopping the Communists in South Vietnam...
Cohen reportedly retorted that, far from helping to prevent a third world by stopping the Communists in South Vietnam, the U.S. instead had both greatly increased the likelihood of a third world war and was driving a basically nationalistic Communist state to the international Communist giants in order to obtain arms for defense...
Dienbienphu was a last, desperate gamble to win a decisive victory after seven years of war. If Con Thien was set up somewhat by chance, it nevertheless has a clear-cut tactical purpose. Sitting astride invasion routes from the North, the 1,200-man garrison is there to prevent, or at least slow down, a southward surge by the estimated 35,000 North Vietnamese regulars positioned in and around the DMZ. Poised to meet this threat are eight South Vietnamese airborne and eight Marine battalions strung along the DMZ; in all of I Corps...
...continuation of the bombing is an intrinsic part of this strategy. North Viet Nam this year is importing 2,050,000 metric tons of supplies-an increase of one-third over 1966-of which U.S. bombers prevent an estimated 30% from reaching the South. The air raids have disrupted highways, bridges, rail lines and infiltration routes, so that at least one out of eight men ordered South never makes it. Moreover, 500,000 civilians have been diverted to undo what the bombers have done. While Haiphong harbor is still a prohibited target, the bombing of adjacent bridges, warehouses and marshaling...
...severe turbulence from the prop wash of competitors. The results can be catastrophic. While testing his homemade racer at Fort Worth last May, Georgia's Nick Jones was tooling along merrily-when a wing fell off. Jones was lucky: he parachuted to safety. The accident did not prevent him from borrowing another home-built to race at Reno last week...