Word: proofing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secure if the U.S. were forced to admit defeat at the hands of Communist insurgents. Such an outcome would send a massive psychological tremor through all these countries, further threatening their stability and perhaps sharply shifting their present international orientation." A U.S. defeat, he believes, "would seem to be proof positive of the Maoist doctrine that what the Communists call 'wars of national liberation' are irresistible...
...hull design and breathed a life into her that made Vim the boat to beat. He took a crew of ten men and, with whatever magic it is that certain leaders have, coaxed perfection out of each of them. Bus's defeat at the hands of Corny was proof not that Corny was better than Bus, but only that he was the only sailor in Bus's class...
...letter, addressed to the Senate through Vice President Humphrey and to the House of Representatives through Speaker John McCormack, was his special-delivery rebuttal to charges that South Viet Nam's presidential elections, which are scheduled for next week, have been rigged. As further proof of his good faith, Ky invited President Johnson to send some observers to South Viet Nam to witness the election process at firsthand. More than willing, Johnson announced at midweek that 20 Americans had been invited to go. The group includes six Senators and Governors, plus an assortment of mayors, labor and civil rights...
...week's end Thieu finally made his first appearance alongside his ten civilian rivals. Commenting on his earlier peace proposals, Thieu told a cheering crowd of 2,500 in My Tho, south of Saigon, that "I cannot believe the Communists will accept peace easily." As if in proof, a terrorist mine only twelve miles from the rally destroyed a bus and killed 22 passengers...
...Proof in the South. Since U.S. air power cannot completely cut off supplies to North Viet Nam, or the arms and men Hanoi sends south, McNamara's inescapable conclusion was that the U.S. should continue bombing the North at roughly the present level, using the air campaign as "a supplement to," not "a substitute for" the ground war of counterinsurgency in the South. "I am convinced," said McNamara, "that the final decision in this conflict will not come until we and our allies prove to North Viet Nam that she cannot win in the South. The tragic and long...