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...Americans-are trying to do, is to defend not so much a nation as the possibility that South Viet Nam can become a nation. It's a very tough proposition. We may fail. If so I hope that I, as one who has supported the policy, will be prompt to admit that we had attempted something beyond our powers. But you know, we may just succeed. And if that happens, I hope that the many thoughtful, dedicated Americans who opposed the policy will be glad to acknowledge that their country is sometimes capable of even more than we should...
...effective IRBMs in limited numbers by 1969, and ICBMs capable of reaching the continental U.S. by the mid-1970s. Last week's H-blast was certain to step up clamor in Congress for an immediate start on the deployment of an anti-ballistic missile net. It may also prompt India and other nations to decide to build their own nuclear weapons...
...purpose of the "Seminar on Negro Politics," associated with the Kennedy Institute, is to prompt senior members of Afro to give seminars in the fields in which they are writing their thesis. A reading list is drawn up of books which they feel have particularly shaped their thinking. Sapp says that the seminar "offers the younger student an opportunity both for dialogue with senior members and for recognizing the benefits of majoring in certain areas while he still has a number of options open...
...Skelton. One night, during a preshow rehearsal, Skelton got a concussion bonking into a "breakaway" door, and Writer Carson went on in his place. With assurance and finesse, he laid out an ad-lib monologue mocking the economics of the TV industry. It was good enough to prompt critical applause and comparisons with the then reigning comic, George Gobel. "The kid is great, just great," said Jack Benny the next day. Thus was Johnny rewarded at 29 with his own variety network TV show. He thrashed through image changes, seven writers, eight directors and 39 weeks before CBS replaced...
Plans for a merger of Vassar and Yale announced last Fall did not prompt the new program, the presidents said. According to Miss Adams, she and Johnson met socially last fall and discovered similar problems as new presidents of their respective schools. They continued talking shop since then, she said, and the idea for the joint plan came form a sort of spontaneous combustion...