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Against this strong opposition, the allies waged a relentless two-prong attack-U.S. Marines southbound on the east, ARVN Marines headed the same way on the west. Clearing the way through the city's debris-covered avenues came U.S. tanks, their turret guns swiveling from side to side as if to sniff the air, then belching fire at the Citadel walls. Overhead, helicopters sprayed napalm across the ponds and courtyards of the Imperial Palace, and fighter-bombers blasted away at three main enemy positions. From below, out to sea, a U.S. cruiser kept shelling the Communists...
Viet Cong ideologists rank Binh Van (subverting enemy troops) as one prong of a triple-lined war effort, accompanied by political and military action. "Direct propaganda at U.S. troops, especially draftees and colored soldiers," ordered a captured Viet Cong directive. But while Negroes are promised special treatment if they defect, other Viet Cong slander them, terrorizing villagers with tales of cannibalism by Negroes...
...improve the judicial system, Morgan advocates a two-prong attack. First, U.S. attorneys should use their statutory power to challenge the racial makeup of federal grand juries. Second, he feels that the Justice Department should employ the 1964 Civil Rights Act to integrate legal facilities (from paddy wagons to court drinking fountains) and jobs (from clerk to state trooper). "Right now the only facility which Negroes and whites share is the electric chair," Morgan says...
...appealing to the public at large was only one prong of the campaign; there was another sharper one, aimed right where it would affect the legislators most strongly. That is, in the ballot box. Legislators had to be convinced that feeling was deep enough on this issue to cost them votes. And for this, Bernays uncorked what he refers to as the "Segmental Approach." He takes a minor aspect of one general cause and projects it to the major interest of particular group. Or as Bernays explains it, "if you project the Save Memorial Drive movement in terms of money...
...protect himself against infection, Dr. Thuita slipped an antelope horn into his trousers, carefully allowing the prong to protrude from his fly. Then he tested the patient's credibility by placing a live toad in his mouth. If the toad jumped down the patient's throat, he was clearly a malingerer. If not, he was truly a victim of that all too common African malady, nightmare. The toad stayed put, so Dr. Thuita smeared acacia gum across the patient's brow, slapped on a dried snakeskin, and advised him to take a long swim. Prognosis: excellent...