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Word: quarterlies (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Efforts to hold back the narrowing Communist noose produced some of the fiercest fighting of the week. Seven miles west of the capital, U.S. 25th Infantrymen killed 128 Communists in a firefight, and less than a mile from the Chinese quarter of Cholon, ARVN Rangers killed 48 Viet Cong. Tan Son Nhut airport remained a major target for shelling, and there was fear that General William Westmoreland may not have sufficient troops to defend his own MACV headquarters there against a concerted enemy thrust. Aside from their military aims, the Communists may also be attempting to cut off Saigon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: On the Defensive | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...Lawyer in the Viet Nam Conflict." It has no exam or grades, offers no credit, and involves a good deal of reading over and above the students' already heavy regular work load. But it has a record enrollment of more than 400-one-quarter of the student body-and is one of the most popular courses in the 150-year history of the school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Schools: Student Lawyers & Viet Nam | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...page analysis, Hitch argued that the budget provides no money at all for new programs or improvements, will curtail much-needed growth at new campuses in Santa Cruz, San Diego and Irvine. Officials at Berkeley insist that 1,600 students will have to spend at least an additional quarter on campus because required classes are overcrowded. The cuts will even reduce planned additions to university police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Austerity in California | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...record, a seasonally adjusted annual level of $651.2 billion. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell to 3.5% in January, its lowest level in 14 years. Equally buoyant are the latest corporate-earnings reports. Surveying 581 companies, the Wall Street Journal found that their total profits during 1967's fourth quarter had increased 5.2% over a year earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: On Balance | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...seven-week national strike by the United Automobile Workers. Totting up the toll, the nation's second biggest automaker last week reported 1967 sales of $10.5 billion, down from $12.2 billion in 1966. The earnings picture was even bleaker. With the strike accounting for a fourth-quarter loss of $109.1 million, Ford's overall profits last year skidded from $621 million in 1966 to $84.1 million -a drop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: A Year in Ford's Past | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

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