Word: puppet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accelerated part-time military training for university students. Though he probably will accept sooner or later, Thieu at first held off saying yes to President Johnson's invitation to come to Washington; he thus hoped to show his fellow countrymen that he is no American puppet...
Some more speculation: Babe's use of film and other media conflicts with his rather pedestrian notion of a crowd of puppets--clown-like figures unable to stand straight who exist only insofar as they are manipulated by the tribunes or swayed by mass instinct. The crowd is conceived as pantomime, the movies as a sophisticated blend of film and drama, and the two styles belong to two different kinds of production. Shakespeare made the crowd puppet-like enough; Babe extends the metaphor and is heavy-handed...
...course of the conflict in South Viet Nam. One says that "the time is ripe for implementation of a general uprising to take over powers in South Viet Nam. The masses are ready for action." The reasons: "Deteriorating morale in the U.S., the conflict between American and 'puppet' authorities, the unpopularity of G-xon (Viet Congese for Johnson) and friction between 'doves' and 'hawks...
...quiet-spoken Belgian, Jean Rey, the Common Market's Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. Since Rey's chief qualification at the time seemed to be that he was the only candidate De Gaulle would accept, the Common Market partners feared that he might prove to be merely a puppet for De Gaulle's disruptive ambitions...
Hayes then arose and said that the $20,000 salary of the Cambridge manager would not be enough to attract a professional. "A puppet is going to go in," he said. Hayes then began a 45-minute speech...