Word: questionability
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...question of what kind of regime is to rule in Saigon remained crucial. In their communique, Nixon and Thieu rejected the imposition of "any particular form of government, such as coalition, without regard to the will of the people of South Viet Nam." This could mean that if a coalition were to come about as the result of free elections, the U.S. would not oppose it or try to keep Thieu in power. Thieu now concedes that elections could be held before they are scheduled under the constitution (1971) and that the N.L.F. could take part. The more immediate problem...
...constitutional rights to a grand jury proceeding and a trial by a jury of his peers. In O'Callahan's case, Justice William Douglas wrote for the majority, "there was no connection-not even the remotest one -between his military duties and the crimes in question." Normally, the military prosecutes only about 15% of all cases against servicemen charged with serious civil offenses. The rest are handled in civilian courts. But Douglas suggested that it was high time for the military to divorce itself entirely from purely civilian problems...
Whenever Shakespeare is presented in unaccustomed form, the question arises as to whether geriatric pills of restorative gimmickry have been administered, or whether the timely has retrieved the timeless. Kahn does not distrust the text. He simply looks into it with the sardonic eyes of a Brecht. The result is a play about war, heroism and patriotism colored in the mock-ironic hues of a generation that cannot believe in war, heroism and patriotism. In that light, valor may appear as cruelty and national honor as parochial vanity...
...Knaebel, 28, Stanford, was a Peace Corpsman in Venezuela, then returned to Stanford for his M.B.A. Now he will combine his business skills and social concerns as an executive of the International Basic Economy Corp., which finances development projects in poorer nations. Knaebel said: "It's the old question: do you want revolution, or do you want to go to work and try to develop resources and improve the world? I think that people today have rejected the New Left view that the system is rotten. They want to get in the system and do something about...
...question increasingly asked in Washington is whether the industry should continue to enjoy its privileged position with regard to income taxes and import controls...