Word: questions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only one test: the struggle southward along the tangle of jungle paths called the Ho Chi Minh Trail often lasted four to six months, during which many perished of disease, malnutrition and exhaustion. If a trooper survived that trek, he had proved himself strong indeed?and there seems little question that the spirit imparted by Uncle Ho deserved a share of the credit. Ho's successors may be able to keep that spirit alive for a time, but not forever. It remains to be seen whether, once the memory of Ho fades, the soldier from the North will prove...
...furious international reaction, the Syrians quickly released 99 of the 101 passengers, among them four Israeli women. To satisfy the guerrillas' sympathizers, however, Syria might hold the Israeli men until the political heat dies down. Whether Israel's patience will last that long is another question. At week's end, there was a reminder to Arab governments of Israeli strength when the first of 50 U.S. Phantom jets began arriving at bases near Tel Aviv...
...Forsberg, president of the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, whose 44,000 members fly for nearly all of the non-Communist world's airlines. Unless the Israelis were freed, Forsberg promised to call, with two weeks' notice, a 24-hour global strike. There is some question whether the members would authorize a strike, however, and U Thant, who met with the pilots at week's end, complained that "such a step would not produce the desired result...
...nation's 7,100,000 college students prepare to return to classes, the question is not whether there will be calm on the campuses but whether the continuing protest wave can be kept below tidal proportions. TIME interviews at a score of institutions last week indicated that many university administrators expect renewed unrest, but they hope that defensive tactics developed from the cruel experiences of recent years, plus concessions to legitimate student demands, will prevent violence and the disruption of entire universities. At Dartmouth, Dean Carroll Brewster was discussing prospects for the fall when a loud noise outside...
...seat. Serious social scientists are not sure that Baroche interviewed a sufficiently wide variety of Frenchmen to reach any valid conclusions. Still, he talked to enough to find one man who asked, "How does it happen that I have never deceived my wife?" then shrugged and answered his own question: "I don't want to complicate my life. I must be the exception that proves the rule...